“He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.” (John 8:44-45) What image comes to mind when you think of the devil? For me, I conjure up the picture that I had from childhood of a dark red, two-legged man with a goatee on his chin […]

“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. (Hebrews 11:24-26) Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive some kind of sweepstakes offer in the mail. Invariably the offer […]

“I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven.” (2 Corinthians 12:2) Have you ever thought what Paul meant when he referred to a third heaven? We’ve been taught all our lives that there is only one heaven and then right out of the blue, Paul suggests that there are three of them. What’s going on? A friend of mine once remarked that he didn’t really care how many heavens there were, as long as he was in one of […]

“‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning’.” (Joel 2:12) I’ve written about fasting before, but it’s only been recently that I decided to give it a try, living proof that things really are easier said than done. Actually, as a diabetic, fasting was never a choice I could make, at least not until I was able to wean myself from the daily medication and control diabetes with my diet. To most 21st Century Christians, fasting seems strange […]