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...
Feb 12, 2015 | Wednesday
I suppose that all of us at one time or another have said – either seriously or in jest – “Well, that’s easy for you to say.” Or maybe its been some other form – “It’s easier said than done,” or “Words are cheap.” These phrases...
Feb 5, 2015 | Wednesday
When the word “race” is mentioned, there could be all kinds of images that arise. The first in some people’s minds involves skin color and ethnic origin. Then we have the Iron Man competition here in Coeur d’Alene, with three types of races and where the...
Jan 29, 2015 | Wednesday
There are a lot of organizations in the world which run on volunteer labor. Go into any hospital or museum and notice the people serving without pay. Sometimes the leadership of the group is highly paid, but often the grunt work is done free of charge. Why do those...
Jan 21, 2015 | Wednesday
Have you ever eaten angel-food cake? What did it taste like? Was it chocolate flavored? Then it wasn’t real angel’s food. Did it taste like honey-graham wafers? That’s coming a bit closer. Did mother make it out of a boxed mix? Then it wasn’t angel food. Was it as...
Jan 15, 2015 | Wednesday
According to my records we have looked at parts of this Psalm four times in the last 25 years. One of those messages was from the perspective of a New Testament quotation. “Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the...
Jan 8, 2015 | Wednesday
Nothing illustrates the weakness of modern Christianity like comparing our prayer lives with those people of the Bible. Like a stew, we may have lots of ingredients in our prayers – our missionaries, the sick, God’s glory, etc. But the broth is so watery that we can...
Dec 31, 2014 | Wednesday
Every new year is like a new chapter in a book. It is still the same book, with the same characters and a continuation of the same plot. But that new chapter usually means some new event or events which will help to develop the story-line. You may expect that 2015...
