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An MRI on Scoffers
“To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast? For it is precept upon precept , precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” Isaiah 28.9-10 October 6, 2025 The priests…
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The Strength or Decline of a Nation
“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34 October 3, 2025 What does the future hold for our nation? No one knows for sure. But one thing is sure is that wisdom tells us that a nation is no stronger than the character of its people. The proverbs of…
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Who Was Jesus?
“This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” John 5:18 October 1, 2025 Driving in a thick fog is dangerous. Losing contact with the reality of where one…
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The Good Soil
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Mark 4:8 September 29, 2025 When you read the story of the four different kinds of soil, that is the spiritual condition of the hearer of Christ’s teaching, where do you spot yourself?…
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Soils of the Heart
“Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil….Other seed fell among thorns.” Mark 4:5, 7 September 26, 2025 What is the condition of the soil of your heart. For some the seed of the Word falls where there…
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The Soils of the Heart
“And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.” Mark 4:4 September 24, 2025 Jesus told stories, lots of them. We call them parables. They were heavenly stories with an earthly meaning. The parable under consideration is what is commonly called the parable of the sower. But…
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Both Sides-ism
“And he said, ‘No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, ‘What does my lord say to his servant?’” Joshua 5:14 September 22, 2025 Israel had a formidable task before them, the…
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The Disastrous Reversal
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 September 19, 2025 “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” False. The misuse of words and the absence of…
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A Response to Hate
“Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:9 September 17, 2025 The death of Charlie Kirk has lifted the lid off innumerable issues. Biblical truth is shouting for attention. In many ways the…