"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
King Solomon is one of the most complex, paradoxical, but intriguing figures in the Bible. This son of King David, born to him by his marriage to Bathsheba, whom David previously had committed adultery with, was chosen by God, through David, to succeed him as King of Israel (1 Kings 1:28-30). Israel had been established […]
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(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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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
The following was previously posted in December 2020. It includes some revisions. It is the time of the year when movies with a Christmas theme fill the TV schedule, and one of the most beloved is It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. Stewart plays the character of George Baily, who as a
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There is presently a commercial on television for a personal heart monitor that can provide an individual with a medical grade EKG, the results of which can be sent immediately to their doctor. The commercial consists of a man on the street inquiring of those who pass by “how’s your heart?” Various responses are provided
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In the beginning, God graciously designed and spoke into existence a spectacular universe of awesome wonder, and a planet within that universe of astonishing beauty and splendor. The ever-expanding universe was to be the theater of His glory, at night providing a cosmic light show of stars and galaxies and comets shooting through the night
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The following was originally posted in October 2020. This post has a few minor revisions. I explained in a previous post, that the sovereignty of God is the Biblical teaching that all things that occur in the universe, our world and in our individual lives, are under God’s absolute rule and control, and that nothing
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The Bible is God’s gracious self-revelation of His person and His purposes in creation. He reveals Himself as eternal spirit, unbounded by time and space, who created man for His glory – that the infinite perfections of His being, first displayed in the natural creation, would be most profoundly and purposefully displayed in His creation
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