“The Double Minded”
Although Lot is referred to by Peter as “righteous Lot,” he chose to live among the wicked in Sodom because he loved money and prominence. He was a double-minded man who wanted to serve God but who also decided to…
Eric Metzger
“God’s Masterpiece is Mother”
By: Herbert Farnham God took pieces of everything wonderful to make moms. God took the fragrance of a flower…The majesty of a tree…The gentleness of morning dew…The calm of a quiet sea…The beauty of the twilight hour…The soul of a…
“Judgement Day”
“The time was the 19th of May 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and…
A Mark of Mercy
Our text this week is Genesis 4, and I’d like to share this poetic retelling of Yahweh confronting Cain after he killed his brother, Abel. Consider Yahweh’s relentless mercy! The cursed ground blushed, drunk from Abel’s lifeblood, As Cain, still…
“Then I will be good!”
When Queen Victoria was a child, she didn’t know she was in line for the throne of England. Her instructors, trying to prepare her for the future, were frustrated because they couldn’t motivate her. She just didn’t take her studies…
What Is a Woman?
Many of our politicians and psychologists are unwilling to answer this simple question. We hear them dance around the issue with frustrating ambiguity, even using circular reasoning. “I’m not a biologist,” some say, or “A woman is a person…
THE RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE
“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory…
Defining Moments: “Substitute”
In 1 Samuel 17:4, the Philistine giant, Goliath, is called “a champion”, translating two Hebrew words that literally mean “a man in the space between”. This concept is vitally important in the Bible because it foreshadows Jesus standing as…
The Five “Looks” of the Lord Supper
Look Up — Since God has invited us to his table, it is appropriate for us to acknowledge He is central. He invites us to his table through Christ. When you celebrate the Lord’s Supper with your church family, look up…
Defining Moments: Contentment
Contentment is quite an elusive commodity, but it’s something we’re called to cultivate in our lives as Christians. In his excellent book called The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Jeremiah Burroughs provides a helpful definition. He says, “Christian contentment…