"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
In the 2016 United States presidential election, candidate Hillary Clinton in one of her now infamous speeches characterized ‘half” of Donald Trump’s supporters as “a basket of deplorables” and listed a number of unflattering characteristics that made them so. This was considered by a number of pundits as contributing to her unexpected loss to Trump
Deplorable, Detestable, Despicable, Damnable Me! Read More »
One of the earliest, most profound and sincere expressions of faith and redemptive hope found in the Bible comes from the lips of a man named Job. Job, a man who was declared by the LORD God Himself to be righteous (Job 1:8), experiences over a very short period of time wave after devastating wave
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We are told in Wikipedia that there are around 10,000 religions in this world, of which the Christian religion is identified as one of the four major religions along with Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. It defines religion as “a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, ethics, morals, beliefs, worldviews, tests, sanctified (holy)
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In my previous post I looked at King David’s writing in the Psalms of his deep affections for the “law of the LORD (YAHWEH)” or “law of God” (Psalm 1:1-3) (Psalm 19:7-11) (Psalm 119:1-97). I noted that what he was referring to as “law” were the truths and instructions revealed in the first five books
The beginning of a new year is typically a time when we make what are referred to as New Year’s resolutions. A resolution is a firm decision, a strong determination, an unwavering promise we make to ourselves or to others of our intent to live differently – to accomplish certain goals and objectives that we
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I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 Grace – the free and lavish expression of the goodness of the LORD is the most glorious doctrine/truth in the Bible other than the doctrine of God himself. Apart
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I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 In my previous post I looked at King David’s many proclamations throughout the Book of Psalms of the goodness of the LORD in general, as well as his innumerable
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“I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living” Psalm 27:13 Psalm 27, from which the above passage was taken, was written by King David, Israels greatest King, through whose kingly lineage came the eternal messianic king, the LORD Jesus
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In Genesis Chapters 2-3 we have the LORD God revealing Himself to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as gracious creator; the one who designed and made of all of the beauty and wonder that surrounded them, all of which is given to them to freely enjoy and exercise dominion over. Most gloriously
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Question: How do you know a politician is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. This is meant to be a “joke”, but as we have seen over the past several elections in this country, there is more truth to this than we would like to believe. Mankind, according to the Bible, is by nature, at
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