Mar 26, 2026 | Wednesday
For a great many people, there are three little sentences which are very hard to say out loud. They are just eight little words, broken down into three short phrases, but some find them difficult. The first is, “I love you!” Between spouses may be easy, but...
Mar 19, 2026 | Wednesday
Yesterday was the beginning of “March Madness,” or as it is sometimes called, the “Big Dance.” Those are nicknames for the NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association’s – basketball tournament. Sixty-four of this countries “best” college basketball teams are...
Mar 12, 2026 | Wednesday
Consider, once again, the Old Testament prophet Elijah. After he had been so blessed by God at Mount Carmel, Jezebel cast her dark cloud over him. She said, “I’m going to kill you for what you did to my priests and my theology.” “Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto...
Mar 5, 2026 | Wednesday
Judy and I have been married more than half a century, and we have experienced millions of things together. But thousands of times, I have had to leave my wife at home, while I went out for one reason or other. It might have been to come to the church building, or to...
Feb 26, 2026 | Wednesday
As Paul often does in his epistles, Philippians begins its conclusions with practical exhortations. Eudoias and Syntyche, be of the same mind in the Lord. True yokefellow, help those women and the others who are our fellow-laborers. “Rejoice in the Lord always; and...
Feb 19, 2026 | Wednesday
Joseph, the son of Jacob, was a prisoner in Egypt – through no fault of his own. First, he was in Egypt, not because he was taken captive by some enemy, but because of the hatred of his some of his own family. That would be heart-breaking to most people, and may have...
Feb 12, 2026 | Wednesday
Let’s say that your left knee has started giving you some pain, but… you ignore it as best you can. Over time it becomes bad enough that you have to start taking take over-the-counter pain medicine. But it is not getting any better. Furthermore, the pain in your...
Feb 5, 2026 | Wednesday
There has been a term flying around Evangelical Christianity for many years, which many of you have heard. From the very beginning, there have been pastors and evangelists who have been “bivocational.” It is not a Biblical WORD, and in some ways it is not a Biblical...
Jan 29, 2026 | Wednesday
As I said in a previous message, Paul’s words in this scripture sound somewhat contradictory. But of course they aren’t. The Holy Spirit, in inspiring the Word of God, cannot give His prophets mutually opposing facts. But that doesn’t mean that we, the readers of...
Jan 22, 2026 | Wednesday
A wrestler from a little town in North Idaho is in the spotlight, competing for a medal at the Summer Olympics. His Russian opponent wrestles hard, pushing him to the end of his strength and requiring him to use every technique he has ever learned. But he comes out...
Jan 15, 2026 | Wednesday
The Lord spoke with Solomon, answering his prayer after the completion of the temple. In I Kings 9 God said, Solomon “if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,...
Jan 8, 2026 | Wednesday
When the Kjeldgaards, and Judy and I went down to the Bible conference in Granite Bay, California, last fall, we drove through the middle of Oregon. Passing by the city of Bend, off to the west, we could see some of the peaks of the southern Cascades. Consulting my...
Jan 1, 2026 | Wednesday
In your opinion, what is the absolute WORST SIN – the most damning satanic HERESY ever devised? There could be some general answers like “unbelief,” but I’m thinking about more specific things. Someone might point to today’s rampant sexual immorality or some sort of...
Dec 25, 2025 | Wednesday
With what kind of sentence does this verse begin: “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord”? For example, is “Rejoice in the Lord” a question? I asked a question about this sentence, but was Paul asking a question? “What? Shall we rejoice in the...
Dec 18, 2025 | Wednesday
You are on the Alex Trebec Stage, battling for your next win in the game show “Jeopardy.” The category is “I-C-S” in quotation marks, and the answer is “The study of work efficiency.” Your opponents hesitate for a split second, and you click in. You quickly answer:...
