There is an infinite gap between God and His creation. Isaiah 57:15 calls Him “the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy.” God inhabits eternity; we humans inhabit time. His understanding is infinite, according to Psalms 147:5. Ours is limited. God has no counselor, and His counsels and plans are beyond the human capacity to know, anticipate, or even guess.

What if the parable on forgiveness had turned out differently? In Matthew 18, Jesus told a parable about a king who, while reconciling his accounts, discovered that one of his servants owed him ten thousand talents. That much money was well over 100,000 years of wages and, as one commentator points out, “probably represented more than all the actual coinage in circulation in most kingdoms at the time.”

“What is God’s will for my life?” We often put this question in the mouth of young people, like high school juniors or college freshmen. The question assumes that a person is on the front side of making major life decisions, and that as he matures he will learn to discern God’s will as he goes along. Here’s another question about God’s will, though, that you may have wondered, even if you have made those decisions already and are well underway into jobs, marriage, or parentin

It feels as if every day there is an update about war or potential war. Tensions are rising in the US conflict with Iran and could erupt. China seems poised to invade Taiwan, and the US may intervene. Uktraine and Russia are still deploying drones against each other. Pick a part of the world and there is an ongoing war there.

When Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, his relationship with God fundamentally changed. The Bible tells us very little about the nature of God’s and Adam’s interaction before sin, but it is easy to see that it was not the same after sin.

I love seeing a dad who takes his health seriously. A dad who eats healthy and is not a glutton and who exercises with his wife and childre

Climate change is real. Did you ever think you’d hear that from a Christian? And yet there is a lot of evidence that the world we love...

Broken by the Cornerstone “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise” (Psalm 51:17). As I journey through the Scriptures each year, I arrive at Luke’s Gospel and read the tragic story of the vineyard owner in Luke 20:9-19. In this parable, Jesus recounts the narrative of a man who invested much time and many resources in a vineyard. After leasing it to caretakers, the owner discovers at harvest time that they refuse

One method Scripture will use to demonstrate truth is to assume the opposite of that truth and use the implication as proof. For example,...

On November 10, 2021, my life was turned upside down. My best friend of 34 years went home to be with the Lord. My beloved wife Sonia...

Part 1: Life Without God I was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1944, into a family that was not religious and did not attend church. My...

How’s your love life? The Bible commands you in Matthew 22:37-39 to "love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and...

“Vertigo” – a pilot’s worst nightmare! I was out of control in zero visibility and rapidly losing altitude. Only 300 feet above the...

The phrase, “more than conquerors“ is so well-known that it has become Christian cliché and maybe even trite. Most Christians are...

The New Year is here. And whether you made a New Year’s resolution or you think they are a waste of time, you should seriously consider...

Not long ago I watched a debate between a philosophy professor and a woman who had been converted to Christ in adulthood. Both the...

"Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save...

My heart soars when I read Paul’s prayers for churches throughout the New Testament. It gives us a window into his soul, and at the same...

Jesus loves the unlovable. He loves sinners; and sinners come in all shapes and sizes. In John 3 Jesus shows love to a religious sinner...

On several occasions during my time in Pastoral ministry people have asked me, "Are you a hellfire and brimstone preacher?" And of...