God Remains Faithful Isaiah 40:31 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will ex

1. Wash One Another's Feet“If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you” (John 13:14-15).Does Jesus want us to literally wash one another’s feet? Well, yes, perhaps. The custom of the day was to provide a basin of refreshing water

Building a FoundationA house must have a foundation, and we find ours in Proverbs 1:7. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” A life of wisdom begins by seeing God from the right perspective. To fear God is to have reverence for Him, acknowledging He has all power and authority. He makes the rules. He alone has the final say. He is t

Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ Jesus Before Pilate: John 18Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are

Key Events of the End Times Before we dive into the different viewpoints of eschatological studies, let's take a look at a few key events of the end times that the Bible tells us about. Scripture tells us several events and conditions that will signify the "end of the world" which sometimes is referred to as "te end times" or "last days":1. False C

4. God’s spirit is living and active; our flesh is weakThe good news is that each fruit of the Spirit represents the active and dynamic nature of God. Apart from Christ, our flesh is weak and we must rely on God’s spirit to strengthen and encourage us to live out each fruit willingly, without compulsion. We are not called to live out each fruit of

1. Resist Being A People PleaserIn this age of Social Media, it’s so easy to get caught up in gaining others’ “likes” and “shares,” and dwell too much on being accepted rather than speaking God’s truth.If our goals are to be popular and well-liked, maybe we need to consider the following promise:“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as i

What happens is that those who rejected the invitation were eventually left out of the banquet and were replaced, their seat was taken. Don’t assume that if you don’t respond now you will be able to respond later. There is no guarantee that will be the case.The man was determined to have a banquet because it had been prepared. There were open seats

1. Vote with gratitude. The freedom to express our political opinions is not to be taken lightly. We have the opportunity to drive to our polling place and choose the candidates we want to represent us. No scary militia standing guard. No guns allowed. No dictatorial leaders telling us how we must vote. We have the option to vote within our chosen

1. Friendship is a gift from GodIn his book The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis said:“In friendship...we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meetin

Will God Protect Us from Pestilence? Psalm 91 was used by Satan to tempt Jesus in the desert (see Matthew 4:5-7). The Devil said that surely Jesus could place Himself in the way of harm in order to demonstrate the rescuing power of God. But Satan misused God’s Word, removing it from the context of the whole and unity of Scripture. Jesus, honoring S

1. Isaiah 55:8-11: Assurance that God’s ways are higher than ours“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (verses 8-9, ESV). This passage of Scripture assures us that God knows what

God doesn’t care about you.God is tired of you.God isn’t listening to your prayers.But if we dive into what the Bible says, right in the midst of our despair, we can refute those lies with these truths:God does care about you. 2 Peter 5:7.God never gets tired. Isaiah 40:28. God does listen to us each time we pray. Jeremiah 33:3.And those are just a

6. The Bible teaches that Christian giving should be done in light of the incarnation. Many Christians argue about whether the tithe (10% of our income) is still the standard for our giving to the Church (disputants usually want to show that less than 10% is fine). Paul scuttles the whole debate in one verse. He says: "For you know the grace of our

And, going along with that, Sunday school classes and church organized Bible studies do not spend much time in Revelation. One of the men in the church I serve in wanted to teach a class about Revelation. But he was not allowed to because “it was too confusing with too many interpretations.”Is it any surprise, then, when a church avoids spending ti

But the Sadducees’ question wasn’t really about property rights. It was, oddly enough, about resurrection. They asked Jesus, hypothetically, if seven brothers all married the same woman, who would be married to her in the resurrection. They thought they were pointing out the absurdity of life after death, since they didn’t believe there was an afte

Who Was Haggai? Haggai was a prophet (Haggai 1:1) who wrote his book eighteen years after the Israelites had returned from the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem. Although they may have been eager to return to their homeland, it takes them a while to start rebuilding. Due perhaps to getting overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work it would take to re

2. Satan Has a Limit on His Power When It Comes to Our Suffering Satan can only afflict us as much as God allows him to. Although he wreaks havoc on Job’s life, God doesn’t allow him to take away Job’s life (Job 2:6). In our greatest hours of darkness, it can feel as though the devil has unlimited power, but he can only move when God gives him perm

Even if this did not specifically refer to sexual immorality, the directive to “honor God with your bodies” would only be prohibitive of piercings if piercings dishonored the body — which is not a sentiment found anywhere in the Bible, thus rendering this circular reasoning.Piercings TodayPiercings were an ordinary part of the ancient near-Eastern

1. Take Your Fear to God But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Matthew 14:30When we start to sense fear rising up in our soul, the most important thing to do is to take that fear to God in prayer. You can be brutally honest with Him about what you are scared of and how it’s making you feel becau