May 28, 2015 | Wednesday
Joshua had a life worthy of one of the great biographical authors. He was the Hebrew equivalent of several of the important fathers of the United States. He was born in Egypt, then served under the George Washington of his nation. And then upon the death of Moses, he...
May 21, 2015 | Wednesday
Someone has said – “The eyes are the window of the soul.” He was thinking that when we look into someone’s eyes we sometimes can see his heart. But there are two sides to most windows – there is a way of seeing in – and a way of seeing out. Where...
May 14, 2015 | Wednesday
Since I knew that Judy and I would not be here for Mothers’ Day, I deliberately chose our theme for last Wednesday, from among the ladies of the Bible. And I’ve done the same for this evening. Last week, we looked at poor Mrs. Job, and tonight it is poor Mrs. Noah. As...
May 7, 2015 | Wednesday
What is your opinion about this lady, the wife of Job? To your mind, is she a shrew – a woman with a violent, scolding, nagging personality? Perhaps you picture her as an agnostic; a spiritual fool. Has she been a professing Christian, but a closet unbeliever, all...
Apr 30, 2015 | Wednesday
Thirty years ago there was a building boom in Calgary, and houses were going up everywhere. One construction company built an especially nice house and put it on the market. One day when a real estate agent brought some potential customers by, they made horrible...
Apr 23, 2015 | Wednesday
Studying the great heros of the Bible is a profitable way to spend our time. It provides practical suggestions for Christian growth; it can expose dangers which still exist today. Of course, there are the prominent people like David and Daniel, but then there are many...
Apr 16, 2015 | Wednesday
Aren’t dreams strange and wonderful things? A lady with whom I used to work was talking to a co-worker about a dream that she had the previous night. She and the other woman were both bowlers. The dreamer said that she was at a bowling establishment where the...
Apr 9, 2015 | Wednesday
I’ve decided to continue our evaluation of what we know about the Apostle Paul. The church in Jerusalem grew very rapidly, once the disciples had been spiritually empowered. Included in the many converts were hundreds of handicapped people, along with widows and...
Apr 2, 2015 | Wednesday
In my spare time I am doing something that I rarely do – I am re-reading a series of books. There are so many books out there that it is rare that I re-read anything outside of study material. But the author of this particular series is so unique and entertaining that...
Mar 26, 2015 | Wednesday
As much as I love certain branches of history, I am terrible at remembering dates. And that includes the dates of Biblical history. But because of a poem, part of which I recall, I do remember the year of Israel’s Exodus. “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus...
Mar 19, 2015 | Wednesday
Habakkuk, the man with the crooked name, is one of the celebrities of Heaven; one of the friends of God. I pronounce his name “Hab-a-kuk,” because both my first Bible and my last, gave him that pronunciation. If you want to pronounce his name...
Mar 12, 2015 | Wednesday
Not long ago, we considered some of the principles of faith as expressed in verses 1-3. Tonight, let’s think about three very, very early examples of the kind of faith which pleases the Lord. You could say that earlier we took our little sail boat out in the sheltered...
Mar 5, 2015 | Wednesday
It makes perfect sense if we think about it in one way, and then it is ridiculous if looked at differently. I’m talking about the fact that part of the inspired Word of God was first written to individuals. It is easy to understand why God wrote to churches, or why He...
Feb 26, 2015 | Wednesday
In the course of this long letter, Paul, the preacher, falls back into his homiletical (sermon) mode. In verse 38 of the previous chapter, he took his text from Habbakuk 2:4 – “The just shall live by faith.” Now that thought can be applied in several ways....
Feb 19, 2015 | Wednesday
Not one of us is the Christian that we ought to be. There is not a person here who is an ideal Christian. There is not one of us who is – 100% – the sort of person we could be. I won’t get personal, and I probably don’t need to be more specific, because down in the...
