New Birth Means New Life

It is unfortunate that the biblical term “born again” (John 3:3-7) has come to mean anybody who calls themselves a Christian. We are living in a day and age where this term has been both misused and abused (Jude 4). Even secular society has picked up on the phrase of...

Watch Your Tongue!

This morning James introduces us to a topic that hits home, and that is, the power of the human tongue and the words that we speak (James 3:1-12). Our speech has the capacity to bless others (Ecclesiastes 10:12a) or hurt them terribly (Proverbs 26:22). The unruly...

The vanity of head knowledge of God

Job 11.7-9 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?  It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job is a...

Missing the presence of God

Genesis 28.16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. This is that incredible chapter where Jacob experiences the ladder that joins heaven and earth. A picture, of course, of Jesus Christ, The One Mediator...

God's counsel never changes

Isa 25.1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. A common word used during any political campaign is change. Every politician and political party promises...