9/8 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love...

Men, women, who understand the times will know what to do. ...People that can look and see, “Hey, this is what's coming down, this is...

Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready waits to save you, Full of pity, love and pow’r: He is...

Believers in Jesus will experience several things at the time of the rapture, one of which is being caught up (snatched away suddenly)...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, He has...

Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home; Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, And...

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; When the saved of...

There are many today who curse the idea of repentance, calling it salvation by works...a false teaching. This is a far cry from the...

I'm drawing your attention to the fact that we should see our depravity in relation to God. I think that's important. So, whether you eat...

This world is not my home I'm just a-passing through My treasures are laid up Somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me From...

The marketplace is empty No more traffic in the streets All the builders' tools are silent No more time to harvest wheat Busy housewives...

The Bible makes it clear that the nature of our relationships with others is a salvation issue. Are we quick to forgive, to apologize, to...

It's interesting how we always are stressing the practical things amongst ourselves, but the prophets of God and the word of God are...

Two little lines I heard one day, Traveling along life’s busy way; Bringing conviction to my heart, And from my mind would not depart;...

I'm not going to lie, I did not remember that the first half of first Chronicles is full of genealogies. In fact, people always joke that...

This weeks reading covered Elisha's life and ministry. I was struck by how many of the miracles that Elisha did were so seemingly simple....

This week we read about the several of the kings of Judah and Israel that reigned after Solomon died. However, the one we read most...

Before I dive into this weeks Bible reading post I want to apologize that it has been taking me so long to get these up on the blog. I...

This week we finished up 1 Samuel and started 2nd Samuel. We also got to read the end of Saul's life and see how David responded to...

This is a midterm paper I wrote in 2016 for a class on biblical leadership, which examined the life of King David in the larger story of...

Last week I said that if the book of Deuteronomy could be summed up in one word it would be the word "remember". Though that may not be...

Have you been hurt by the church? Chances are, if you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to that question it’s because you simply haven’t been around...

The Feasts of the LORD I love how God works to do things in His own timing and His own way! According to my original reading schedule,...

" You shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy ." ~Leviticus 20:26 As you journey through Leviticus with me today, you will notice...

Mild He lays His glory by Born that man no more may die Born to raise the sons of earth Born to give them second birth Hark! the herald...

This weeks reading may have seemed repetitive on the surface, but there were SO many beautiful truths to draw from. I honestly had a hard...

We left off last week with Moses and the Children of Israel making it out of Egypt. This week we read of the Red Sea crossing and covered...

Love doesn't always look the way we expect. Today, there's a tendency to associate love with warm feelings, total solidarity, and no...

Christianity (claiming a resurrected savior) exploded across the Middle East just weeks after Jesus was publicly executed, and it began...

“Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?” Meaning, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This was shouted by Jesus from the cross, and was one...

These verses about Jesus are some of the most precious to me, and they come from a prophecy written seven hundred years before Jesus was...

On Good Friday, Jesus was... Condemned as a Blasphemer The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against...

A sad truth. Scripture tells us that in the last days many, calling themselves Christians, will serve God one minute and indulge in sin...

The rapture of the church will be the latest in a long series of escapes throughout biblical history. Today, I want to examine a few of...

"God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our [proper and only] happiness with which our souls can be...

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven..." ~Jesus, Matthew 7:21

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart..." ~Ecclesiastes 3:11 "Since, then, you have...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead forms the immovable foundation for the Christian faith, as well as the future hope of our...

How do we know that the Bible was inspired by God Himself, and that men didn't just make it up? God has given us many good reasons to...

These are some good points! Also, since Paul's letters to the Thessalonians is where the doctrine of the rapture was first concretely...

These are comforting, humbling, and all tied together: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you...

This is what watchmen are to do; to declare both God's mercy and judgment, to prepare all people for the coming King, and to build up the...

Very few things in our lives unfold in a way that seems orderly or predictable to us; part of the plan, if you will. If I pass away (or...