These two words are included in one of the most popular and beloved verses in the Bible: “For God so loved the world, that HE GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Gift of God – I thought it would be appropriate to…
The first person murder in human history was killing Abel. He was the second person to be born and was the son of Adam and Eve. He was the younger brother of Cain. Nothing is known about Abel, except that he was a “keeper of flocks” (Genesis 4:2). In other words, he raised sheep and/or…
One bright sunny morning I was sitting on my back deck and noticed a bumblebee hovering around one of our flowerpots. The bee was pollinating the flowers in the pot. More precisely, the bee was engaged in floral reproduction. I was amazed as I watched this tiny creature (no bigger than my thumbnail) go from…
The title of this blog is provocative for a reason. It’s part of an admonition in Chapter 2 of the letter to the Hebrews. The Bible contains many provocative statements such as, “How will you escape? The purpose is to get our attention and make us think about serious issues we wouldn’t ordinarily consider. The…
How often do we say to someone, “I’ll meet you there” when arranging a get together? God used this very same expression, “There I will meet with you,” some 3,500 years ago when He gave Moses the directions for building the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:22). More specifically these words referred to the lid…
In my previous blog (“Born Again” – Verb or Noun?), the discussion centered on the way into the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). As you might remember, the Lord Jesus presented the way to Nicodemus using the term, “You must be born again” and then He made reference to a serpent on a pole. Nicodemus,…
In John 3:3, Jesus told a Jewish man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus was amazed by the statement and did not understand what Jesus meant (not surprising). He would need to understand…
I was having breakfast the other morning and I noticed a “burst” on the egg container. The burst had a large “O”, with the word “organics” beneath it. As I looked at the eggs, I thought to myself, how can I be sure these are really organic eggs? They look and taste the exact same…
Before we move forward on the purpose of fear, it’s important to have a somewhat universal definition for the word “fear.” As you can imagine, definitions for this word range widely. Here’s one in which I think we can all agree: “The likelihood of something unwelcome happening to you or a loved one.” This doesn’t…
“I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel.” The Apostle Paul wrote these words to the believers in Galatia because they were being offered a distorted view of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ by false teachers. False teaching makes the…