If you’re a double-minded person, you might be setting yourself up for trouble. God wants to know that you know that He is the only true God. He rejects all competitors. Focusing on these competitors is what the Bible calls...
Read MoreThe letter of James reminds us that unless our faith is evidenced by our actions, then our faith is “dead.” It isn’t enough just to believe the right things or be a member of a good church. We need to...
Read MoreGod has a myriad of ways to provide. He is our ultimate Source, and all things that are good and perfect come from Him. But if we do not recognize Him as our Source, we may miss His provision....
Read MoreUnlike most of the other letters in the New Testament, the authorship of Hebrews is never revealed. What is clear, however, is that the author of this letter had a rich understanding of the Old Testament and the ability to...
Read MoreIn 2020, all of us became all too familiar with the refrain, “I can’t breathe.” While the words came literally attached to the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd, the refrain itself arose to symbolically describe the historic oppression...
Read MoreThe Song of Solomon is a book that is often misunderstood, misapplied, or simply left unread. It’s really not like any other book of the Bible. It’s an example of an ancient Near Eastern love song—essentially, love poetry. It is...
Read MoreYour car needs to be filled with fuel if you want to go somewhere. A car without fuel is a useless car. Similarly, a Christian without the filling of the Spirit is a useless Christian. It is unacceptable for a...
Read MoreThe letter of Paul to his friend, Philemon, is one of the shortest books in the Bible—only 25 verses long. But it contains a powerful message that remains important and relevant right down to our present time: that nothing should...
Read MoreGod longs for a deep and abiding relationship with you. Because He is dependable, He wants you to depend on Him.
Read MoreMany Christians find the book of Ecclesiastes to be the most surprising book in the whole Bible. It doesn’t take a rosy, positive-thinking approach to life. Instead, it tells the truth about our lives. It confirms that being a person...
Read MoreOne of the reasons that airplanes crash is due to an invisible, powerful wind shear that suddenly forces a plane downward with such pressure that it cannot recover. The problem with wind shears is that they are difficult to detect....
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