Our possessions are all “worldly things” and at the end of our lives they mean nothing because we cannot take them with us into the next world. Having said that, some things are particularly important to us, not necessary because of the price tag. Rather, we attach emotional and sentimental value to some of our […]
Although Stephen is providing a snap shot of Israel’s history, which supports him affirming Moses, he is driving towards proving to them that Israel as a nation turned their back on their God multiple times in each generation from Egypt to the present day. Beloved I cannot repeat sufficiently that there is little difference to […]
Stephen was accused of disrespecting Moses, the Law and the fathers and in his defense he uses Moses positively as one of the chief architects of the nation of Israel’s development through the Law. Israel was a stubborn people, hard hearted and as we have said previously, prone to wander spiritually. The accusation against Stephen […]
Parents have rules for children to live by at home. Businesses have rules for employees to work by. Organizations have constitutions by which they operate. The Church has the Bible and in the Bible God provides rules for Church Governance. Although the true Church started long before Moses, God gave Moses a set of Ten […]
Years ago, two of our grandsons and I went mountain climbing. We thought it would be a blast … and it was, but in a different way. Before I relate the story, after the event I realized why a friend of mine who taught at the Military Academy was totally sold out on the use […]
Why is it that parents tend to see just about everything their toddlers and children do? Do they have eyes behind their heads? Our children thought Jenny did! It was always … “Mommy, how do you know?” It’s not that mommy or daddy sees everything … rather it’s because they are older and wiser and […]
On Tuesday night passed I was standing outside our home with my friend Wayne. As we chatted I looked over my neighbor’s house and saw a half moon with a half circle, pencil line of light at the bottom. Although so thin it radiated quite some light. The beauty of the night sky is awesome. […]
There have been a few great men of God who did not have much education. Consider men like DL Moody and Billy Sunday. Then we have others who had no formal theological education who rose to become amongst the greatest preachers of all time … such as John Bunyan, Charles Spurgeon and Martin Lloyd Jones. […]
Britain enjoyed a monarch, queen Elizabeth the second, for 70 years, 214 days. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death. He reign was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female sovereign in history. Like most people, […]
Family differences are one thing, family feuds that lead to such jealousy and hatred wanting death to remove the problem is another matter. The case of Joseph’s brothers was not like that of Rosemary Ndlovu. She was a … “police officer who killed her family members for insurance claims, with the help of hitmen. She […]