"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
(This post was previously published in August 2020) I continue on this dark, dreaded and scornful topic of sin, not because I find it fascinating or take some perverse delight in doing so, but because I believe that until we begin to comprehend the breadth, length and depth of our sin; how vile and detestable […]
This post was previously published in November 2022. King David is one of the most prominent, well-known figures in the Bible, mostly for his single-handed defeat of Goliath, whom David, as a young teenager, slayed with a well-placed stone from his slingshot (1 Samuel 17:31-54). Goliath was the gigantic champion warrior of the Philistines, Israel’s
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The post below was previously published in October 2022. Sin, Sin, Sin, Sin, Sin, Sin, Sin! There, I said it seven times to prove that my head would not explode, that lightening would not immediately strike me, nor would I melt like the wicked witch of the West in Wizard of Oz upon saying it.
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A number of years ago, I was conducting a Saturday evening chapel service at Grace Centers of Hope, a residential ministry to those struggling with homelessness and drug addiction. I began the service by offering ten dollars to the first person who could tell me what the number one cause of death in the United
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“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one
One of the more concerning and disturbing events in the Bible is found in Leviticus 10:1-3, involving the two eldest sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu. They had recently been consecrated, set apart by God as priests who would intercede for the people of Israel, offering prayer and sacrifices according to God’s specific instructions found
There was a controversial, yet well intentioned commercial that ran in the first quarter of this year’s “Super Bowl”. It was a one-minute string of 12 dramatized photos, depicting various types of people washing the feet of others, with related background music (John 13:1-17). At the end of it are flashed the words: “Jesus Didn’t
What is the will of God for my life? As a Christian, who has been adopted by God as my Father, and having submitted my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord, God’s will – doing that which pleases, honors and glorifies Him, should be at the center of all that I/we do (Romans 8:15-17)
The Apostle John begins his gospel with these words, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was
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What greater praise and honor could a person receive from God than that which King David received when God referred to Him as a man after His (God’s) own heart (1 Samuel 13:14) (Acts 13:22). David was anointed king of Israel by the prophet/priest Samuel after God had deposed King Saul, Israel’s first king, who
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