God in Human Form
13. April 2012
“God is Spirit” (John 4:24). To speak about Him, the Bible makes comparisons; it uses metaphors. That is, the Bible attributes human form to the ...
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Work Out Your Salvation
01. January 2012
The best way is to follow Jesus’ example Paul exhorts, “Work out your salvation” (Phil. 2:12). Notice that he speaks to you as “saints in ...
Feeling Down This Year?
01. December 2011
The Christmas and New Year holidays sometimes evoke a sense of melancholy, a deep, pensive, long-lasting sadness and depression. We may romanticize ...
All Nations
09. September 2011
God made Abraham a simple promise: “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed” (Gen. 22:18). The Apostle Paul identifies this ...
A Prophet to the Nations
11. August 2011
God appointed Jeremiah “a prophet to the nations” (Jer. 1:5), and he spoke God’s word concerning the nations. Here is some information about ...
The King and Your Faith
01. July 2011
Cut an isosceles triangle out of a piece of paper. Toward the bottom of the triangle print “Prophet.” In the middle of the triangle print ...
God’s Providential Pursuit
01. June 2011
A record number of tornadoes recently hit the U.S. Flooding along the Mississippi River submerged thousands of square miles. Earthquakes shattered ...
Our Nation’s Religon
01. May 2011
Jesus Christ gives us the task of discipling the nations (Matt. 28:19). He does so because He is “King of the nations” (Rev. 15:3). He has been ...
Coveting or Contentment
01. March 2011
When the Apostle Paul says, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13), guess what he has in mind? He is not thinking about ...
Stealing Time
01. January 2011
You shall not steal” (Ex. 20:15). In other words, don’t take what is not your own. Let’s talk about time in this regard. Time is fixed. It ...
Airline Security and God’s Law
16. December 2010
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...
The Implications of Adultery
01. November 2010
On the positive side of the seventh commandment, God requires sexual relations within marriage. “The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and ...
Don’t Assault God’s Image Bearers
01. October 2010
You shall not murder” (Ex. 20:13). The sixth commandment forbids direct assaults on God’s image bearers. “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man ...
Commands and Promises
01. September 2010
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you” (Ex. 20:12). Moses restates that ...
Submission to Human Institutions
01. August 2010
The fifth commandment is short and simple: “Honor your father and your mother” (Ex. 20:12). It has to do with institutions ordained by God for the ...
Whom Should I Honor?
01. July 2010
Put the ten commandments in two columns. The first column, or table, consisting of commandments one through four, ends with this positive rule, ...
The Sabbath (3)
01. June 2010
Why do we set aside the first day of the week rather than the seventh day? Exodus 20:9-10 is quite clear. “Six days you shall labor and do all your ...
A Better Way to Work
01. May 2010
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it ...
The Fourth Commandment
01. April 2010
The fourth commandment begins with this positive requirement: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8). You ought to sanctify the ...
The Fourth Commandment
18. March 2010
The fourth commandment begins with this positive requirement: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8). You ought to sanctify the ...