Death is a fact of life, an appointment. The only way we can escape death is to be alive when the Lord Jesus Christ returns. I once saw a quaint inscription on a gravestone in an old British cemetery not far from Windsor Castle. It read: Pause, my friend, as...
I realize that godly men differ in their interpretations of prophecy, particularly the matter of the church escaping or entering the time of Tribulation. My own position is that the church will be taken to heaven before the Tribulation, and then will return to the earth with the Lord to...
The official Spanish name for the site is the Isle of the Pelicans,but nobody knows it by that name. It is best known as Alcatraz, one of the most escape-proof prisons in the world. From 1933 to 1963 it served as a federal prison, and during that time twenty- six...
Like the Pharisees of old, we Christians have a way of majoring in the minors—dividing over matters insignificant to vital Christian faith. I have heard of churches splitting over such petty matters as the location of the piano and the serving of meals on Sundays. What must be first in...
The Jews wanted Jesus to give them a sign to prove He was the Messiah. Jesus answered (Matthew 12:38-41) that they would be given only the sign of Jonah—that He would spend three days and nights in the grave as Jonah had in the great fish. Jesus is far greater...
Athletes used to wear training weights to help them prepare for contests. One modem example is a baseball player who swings a bat that has a heavy metal collar before he steps to the plate. No athlete would actually participate wearing the weights, however, because they would slow him down....
Most of us must confess that when things are “going our way” we feel a lot happier and are much easier to live with. “Dad must have had an easy day at the office,” little Peggy said to her visiting girlfriend. “He didn’t squeal the tires when he pulled into...
Fellowship with God must never become selfish. We must also fellowship with other Christians in the local assembly. Apparently some of the wavering believers of the early church had been absenting themselves from the church fellowship, and the writer of Hebrews urged them to quit their careless ways and not...
We worship Jesus Christ because of who He is. But there is a second reason why we worship Him. To begin with, Jesus is in heaven. He is not in the manger, in Jerusalem, on the cross, or in the tomb. He is ascended and exalted in heaven. What an...
God’s Word has life, gives life, and nourishes life. We should have appetites for the Word just like hungry newborn babes! We should want the pure Word, unadulterated, because this alone can help us grow When I was a child, I did not like to drink milk (and my father...