The New Free ThinkersSome Bible stories are just more fun to read than others. Some are more interesting or relatable. I have a few personal favorite stories to read; the lives of Elijah, Jeremiah, and Enoch all fascinate me. But when it comes to “fun” value, there aren’t many passages more entertaining than the story of Balaam. At [...]
Emmanuel “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” (Mathhew 1:22-23). By understanding that name, we [...]
The question is one I often find myself contemplating: where is my focus? Do I have my focus wholly set upon God, without distraction? If the answer is “no,” that means that it’s time to run a series of personal diagnostics, trying to identify what has taken my attention away from Him. In my case [...]
Anchor In Hebrews 6:19 God is referred to as an “Anchor” of our soul: “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.” This is telling us that He holds us down: through the turmoil of the waves of life He keeps [...]
Have you ever been outside on a cloudless night and admired the stars? Aren’t they amazing? Ever tried to count them? I have tried to count the stars, and every time my efforts end quickly, realizing again that there are too many. God made every single star. He named them and He knows exactly how [...]
Prophet So many times we hear of great preachers and prophets and what they have accomplished during their amazing lives here on earth. But there is one Prophet that is over all the rest: Jesus. Matthew 21:11 recounts, “The crowds answered, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Prophet in the Webster’s Dictionary [...]
Amazing grace: how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see. I love that song so very much and I’m sure a lot of you do, too. This song describes God’s unfailing mercy and grace — and what a beautiful [...]
Only Begotten Son “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16 What does it mean for Jesus to be the Only Begotten Son? Does it mean that he is Jehovah Jr. a second divine person? [...]
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate , them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” — Romans [...]