God Judges Israel There are many instances in scripture where those God appointed to lead God’s people question God and are punished severely. However, today we’re going to look at an example of God’s longsuffering through a lot of skepticism and hope to draw out the reason this was not challenged like the others. The…
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Knowledge Of Righteousness
Zeal Isn’t Enough While a person must know very little in the way of Bible trivia to have a saving faith in Christ, it is possible to have a great deal of faith in something that does not save as well. Paul found himself in just such a situation when trying to reach the Jewish…
Don’t Use God
All That Power! In Acts 19, we see God doing miraculous things through Paul. And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. Acts 19:11-12 God’s…
True Humility
The Humble Who Aren’t Humility, and it’s antonym, arrogance are on the tongues of many a person today. Nobody likes dealing with a person who thinks too highly of themselves. The ironic thing about this, however, is that most people dislike arrogance because they, themselves, are offended that someone they view as lesser would dare…
Chariots and Horses
A New Misuse With all the recent discussion about the place that Christianity has and ought to have in our culture, there is one verse that is seeing more citation than normal. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 I believe the way many are…
Family Witness
Kids Are the Future There are a lot of things that kids will “grow out of” as they grow up but what they will grow up into is where a people are headed. That process of maturing will be driven by their experiences and a lot of that will be shaped by the adults in…
Simple Righteousness
Not Enough The prophet Micah lived many hundreds of years before Christ was revealed. He lived under the law given through Moses and would have been faithful to follow the law. However, he also understood the importance of the commands of God in a way that doesn’t match how many believers today understand the law….
Don’t Let Up
Joash’s Arrows In 2 Kings 13, Joash (King of Israel) goes to visit Elisha as he is dying. As he mourns that Elisha is dying, Elisha has one last prophecy to give to the King regarding the nation he leads. First, he instructs him to fire an arrow out of the window. He tells the…
Accountable Leadership
Worldly Leaders It seems reasonable to assume that everyone would prefer a leader a lot like themselves. However, I don’t believe that is actually true. Sure, most people would prefer being the one in charge. It becomes different when it’s just someone like them in charge. Ask people what they would do if they were…
Appointing Elders
The Focus of Missions I have been in many services where a visiting missionary has given presentations. Unfortunately, the presentations often largely have to do with the exciting events they hosted and the finale is how many people they got to pray a prayer or sign a statement about committing to Jesus. They may also…