Not Merely By Chance
One night this week, Rebekah and I were watching a National Geographic television show called World’s Deadliest, about the various methods of hunting that lions use. At the end of …
Unsearchable Riches
It is impossible to attach a value to the gospel of Christ. The apostle Paul repeatedly made this point. Notice the following passages: Ephesians 3:8. To me, though I am …
Unlocking the Mystery
The word “mystery” appears more than 20 times in the New Testament. In passages other than the symbolism of Revelation, “mystery” is used to describe the gospel of Christ. Consider …
Paul, Barnabas, Zeus, and Hermes
When Barnabas and Saul went to Lystra on their first missionary journey (Acts 14:8-18), Paul healed a crippled man by the power of God. The crowds who saw this event …
Going to Be With the Lord
The Bible does not answer our every curiosity about death and the hereafter, but it does provide some details. One of the most comforting and exciting biblical facts is this: …
Theresa and Sainthood
The woman popularly known as “Mother Theresa” died in 1997, and was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church on September 4, 2016. [NOTE: I refrain from calling …
God Appreciates Workers
Just before Labor Day, The Wall Street Journal published an article by Nicholas Eberstadt titled “The Idle Army: America’s Unworking Men.” Less than 85% of American men between the ages …
Who Was in the Fiery Furnace?
We find in Daniel chapter 3 one of the Bible’s most vivid examples of godly courage. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego preferred being thrown in the fiery furnace to compromising their …
When a Pardoned Man Must Hang
In 1833, George Wilson was convicted of robbing a mail carrier in Pennsylvania, and sentenced to hang. However, the case caught the attention of President Andrew Jackson, and Jackson granted …
Where Did Evil Come From?
Prior to God’s creation of other things, nothing existed except for the eternal God. Only God “inhabits eternity” (Psalms 41:13; 90:2; Isaiah 57:15). And God, Who defines goodness by His …
Is it Possible to Live with Atheism?
Many people who say that there is no God seem happy. But have they really embraced the logical implications of atheism? I believe it is impossible to really live happily …
For God So Loved the World
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God …