Mar 2, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
From time to time, including this morning, you have heard me use the term “Jacob’s Trouble.” When I do that, I am using it as a synonym for the seven year “Tribulation” spoken of by Daniel, and expounded here and in Revelation and other...
Mar 2, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The number of Biblical references to “fool” and “fools” totals slightly more than (50, 75, 100, 500)? A hundred According to Young’s Concordance, the Old Testament “fool” could refer to (an evil person; a boaster; a self-confident...
Mar 1, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Matthew 24 is a shovel full of precious ore. As I said last week, it contains informational gold about the last days – the Tribulation. But there are also flecks of silver in here and even some platinum – for our immediate use. At times we are quite sure that the Lord...
Feb 23, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
With verse 15 the Lord Jesus comes closer to answering the disciples’ question about the timing of the Second Coming. “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be...
Feb 23, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
As God promised Abraham that his family would return to Canaan after 400 years in a foreign land, what two things did Abraham see moving between the two pieces of his sacrifices (angels; the Father and the Son; a knife and fork; a smoking fire pot and a fiery lamp)?...
Feb 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This chapter is much like gold-bearing ore. Quite often where there is gold, there is also silver – a valuable mineral, but not as valuable as gold. When the two are found together, steps have to be taken to separate them for commercial purposes. In the ancient world...
Feb 20, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Today’s little vignette reminds us that not all of God’s servants are as notable and memorable as others. And yet the Lord knows those who are His, and He has a ministry for everyone who is willing to serve Him. On this day in 1817, in Nelson County, Virginia, Thomas...
Feb 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
I. Biblical Famines: A. Famines are referred to fairly frequently in the Bible. In the Old Testament we read of them about (a dozen; fifty; a hundred; a thousand) times. A hundred times 1. The Hebrew word is translated most often “famine,” but it is also rendered as...
