World’s Most Famous Thief
Some will know the names Frank and Jessie James, maybe John Dillinger, but most thieves are not remembered very long. One will be remembered and is by far the most famous thief in history (Luke 23:39-43). The thief on the cross next to Jesus has been known through the...
Present Your Bodies
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Rom. 12:1). Instead of a command, Paul “beseeches” them “by the mercies of God” to “present your...
An Easier way?
The journey to the promised land was a long, hard road. I am not just talking about the forty years in the wilderness. Long before that trial when Abraham didn’t even have a son, God told him that his descendants would suffer many years in another country. “Know...
The Measure of Life
How do you measure life? Job says, it is few days and full of trouble (Job 14:1). He continues: “He comes forth like a flower and fades away; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.” To the young, Job’s words may seem fatalistic, depressing, and unusually bleak,...