Hebrews 11 is the Holy Spirit’s “Hall of Fame.” Righteous deeds of many are given of whom “the world was not worthy” (vs 38). About forty are named, and there are many more. 603,550 men defied and divided by faith from Pharaoh and walked across the Red Sea on dry ground! Moses, their leader, was
GPS (Global Positional System) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location information anywhere on earth (Wikipedia definition). It is free to everyone provided by the U.S. Government, offering amazingly accurate information to the traveler who has the proper receiving instrument. There is another system that provides accurate and amazing information anywhere on earth
Ben Franklin said: “As we must account for every idle word, so must we for every idle silence.” He was saying: it is a sin to remain silent when we should speak. We must be courageous in all circumstances, whether among friends or foes of the truth (Rom 10:9). Stephen’s face shone like an angel’s
Jesus said, “What God has joined together, let man not separate” (Mt 19:6). The disciples said this is a hard saying because in their time, like in ours, divorce was common. Husband and wife are to “cleave” to one another like glue, through bad times and good times. Their joining together is like two streams
If you profess to be a Christian, are you planning to sleep in, play golf, go for a ride or go fishing today? Or will you go to worship? The Bible says the Christian always sins in some ways if his neglect is willful. He usually sins in many ways as a result of failure
Every person “is tempted …by his own evil desire” (James 1:14). Satan’s desire is that the temptation will lead you to commit sin. We must not accuse or blame God or any person for tempting us (James 1:11). Adam tried to put the blame on God and on his wife Eve (Gen 3:12). Temptation and
“Learn to co-exist… don’t hate the people who live a different way or who believe that another way is right for them. Quit trying to control others…” This Facebook writer represents the way of the world: “Let me live the way I want. Don’t bother me.” Perhaps this is your own granddaughter or grandson? The
“Man is destined to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Heb 9:27 NIV). All shall be raised from the dead and stand before the Great Judge of all the earth and give an account of “all deeds done in the body, whether good or bad” (Rom 14:12; 2 Cor 5:10). All the dead shall
Preacher Walter Scott introduced a “five finger exercise” about 200 years ago. He would find some children playing and ask them to hold up five fingers. He then asked them to name each finger after a topic from Acts 2: 1 Believe, 2 Repent, 3 Baptism, 4 Remission of sins, 5 Gift of Holy Spirit.
In the Bible the heart is spoken of as the center of man or the “inner man.” It is the chief organ of physical life, and came to stand for man’s entire mental and moral activity, both rational and emotional. The heart (kardia, in Greek) is the “center of all physical and spiritual life.” It