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  • Is This Really the End?

    “Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Luke 21:28 March 29, 2023 Jesus did not hesitate to school His disciples in the importance of being ready for His Second Coming and the difficult times that will precede it. As His disciples 2100

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  • The King is Coming

    “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” Luke 21:27 March 28, 2023 What effect do worsening world conditions have upon you? Do you feel like withdrawing and lamenting the evil in the world or do you want to roll up your sleeves and get

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  • The Gift of Propitiation

    “Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.” Romans 3:25 March 27, 2023 What wonderful gifts God has bestowed upon the Christian. These spiritual blessings are found in Christ. One of

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  • Reconciled

    “More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” Romans 5:11 March 24, 2023 Let’s take another trip to the bank. The bank, as it were, is the person of Christ. By virtue of our connection to Christ in the new birth, not only

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  • An Opening Account

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 1:3 March 23, 2023 Imagine discovering that upon opening a bank account you already have an unlimited amount of financial resources on deposit. This is exactly what you have

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  • No Way Back

    “And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.” Luke 16:23 March 22, 2023 Too many funerals deceive the grieving with the false belief that to die is a ticket to heaven. It’s a terrible and false theology to assume that justification before

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  • To Heaven and Back

    “And I know that this man was caught up into paradise – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.” 2 Corinthians 12:3 March 21, 2023 How would you like a round-trip ticket to heaven and back? Farfetched? It happened to the apostle Paul sometime before he set

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  • One Minute After You Die

    “Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8 March 20, 2023 An initial credit is due. Erwin W. Lutzer has written a valuable tract entitled, “One Minute After You Die.” I wish to hitchhike on the thought behind it.

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  • A Time to Mourn

    “… a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:4 March 17, 2023 A minute is not enough time to mourn when your best friend dies. But the emotional lightning bolt struck me when my brother-in-law, Cliff, finished his walk across the golden bridge

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