“For their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah.” (Deuteronomy 32:32) Do you remember the story? God brought judgment on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. In fact, Genesis 19:24 records, “Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah.” Interestingly, God promised Abraham that he would not destroy the Sodom and Gomorrah if ten righteous people could be found living there. Apparently that didn’t happen because two angels later said to Abraham’s nephew, Lot, “Have you anyone else here? […]

“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God of Israel” (Malachi 2:16) Interesting, isn’t it? The Lord hates divorce and yet the divorce rate among Christians is higher than the divorce rate among atheists. In fact, research has shown that when it comes to divorce, there’s very little difference between Christians and the rest of the world. Perhaps one of the reasons is that most Christians don’t even know what the Bible has to say about divorce. Pastors rarely preach to teach anymore. They’re too afraid the message will […]

“For whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23) We don’t think much about whether those who commit suicide will go to heaven. That is unless we are members of a family that has experienced the tragedy of suicide. I remember as a child, a neighbor hanged himself in his dining room. We were playing football on an empty lot next to his home when the police arrived late one afternoon. We could see him hanging from a chandelier through the dining room window. I later asked […]

“According to your faith, it will be done to you.” (Matthew 9:29) Microsoft Windows has a new operating system out, Windows XP. I just bought it and got the surprise of my life when I found out I had to activate it. Activation is Microsoft’s way of forcing you to register your product. When you register it, they image your drive, which prevents you from installing it on another computer. In other words, you can no longer use the same copy of the Windows for every computer in […]