“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;I myself will see him with my own eyes.” (Job 19:25-27) I attended a funeral once – one that I shall never forget. A member of my church lost his son. I hadn’t known him for very long, but I liked him and felt so sorry about the tragic circumstances in which he found himself. What can […]

“But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11:3) The Bible teaches that Satan is the “prince of the power of the air”. (Ephesians 2:2) But the problem with Satan is we don’t recognize him when we see him. The truth is Satan will go to any extreme to make sure Christians don’t recognize him or his works for what they really are. That’s why […]

“There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.” (Isaiah 53:2) With the exception of the above verse, the Bible tells us very little about how Jesus looked. If that’s the case, then where did we get that picture of Jesus that hangs over some of our mantles? While there is no biblical support for the picture that our minds conjure up when we think about Jesus, some theologians claim that it came from eyewitness accounts. In his book, The Resurrection Tomb, […]

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) “Winter Sun Helps Clear Snow”. One of the local television stations I watch had this headline on their website three days after a seven-inch snow storm arrived in our area and wreaked havoc with schools and businesses. Unfortunately, cloudy weather and extremely low temperatures did not help melting for a couple of days. Finally on day three, the sun broke through and the […]