“Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.” Titus 2:2 April 3, 2024 What the church needs is older men who have the reputation as God-pursuers. The apostle Paul tasked Titus to establish strong churches on the island of Crete. The culture in Crete was one that […]
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.” Romans 1:24 April 1, 2024 For many of us who belong to Jesus Christ, the celebration of the resurrection of the Son of God holds center place in our thoughts. At the same time,
“In which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah….” 1 Peter 3:19-20 March 30, 2024 This we know and are assured of that Christ died for sins once for all (1 Pet. 3:18). This was on Friday (“Good
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“Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.” Romans 1:22-23 March 29, 2024 How did the world, as we know, get into the moral abyss in which it lives? God tells the story like it is.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.” Romans 1:18 March 27, 2024 How will God judge those who have never heard of Christ? No doubt you have wondered this. It is by divine design that a diagnosis of the
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“Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!” Psalm 119:5 March 26, 2024 It has been my pleasure to provide weekday meditations on God’s Word. The psalmist has said, “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways” (Psa. 119). Thank you for letting me participate with you
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 March 25, 2024 Watching salmon swim up stream against the current is in the world of spiritual realties what we Christians are doing when we say that “there
“But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.” Esther 3:6 March 22, 2024 The word “Purim” is the Hebrew plural form of “Pur” which means
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” Romans 7:25 March 21, 2024 You say you are a Christian, but the battle with your short-fused anger goes on. You can’t seem to
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Romans 7:24 March 20, 2024 At some time or another we have tried it. Shortcuts. We took what we thought was a better way to get where we wanted to go, but it didn’t work out very well. There are no
