Where Are They?
They’re everywhere—at restaurants, in schools, at work, in families and even in churches. They’re the same kind of people Jesus asked about in a story that needs to be read more often: “Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of...
Poor in Spirit
About a year into the Lord’s earthly ministry, He laid down the foundational teaching upon which His doctrine and church would be built. These fundamental planks are referred to as the beatitudes. Some have rightly said it—the be-attitudes to be a Christian. It is...
Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All?
In II Corinthians, in answering the false charges of his critics, Paul mentions a number of things concerning his life. In 11:23-27 he enumerates a long list of his sufferings for the cause of Christ that he might preach the Gospel. These men, whom Paul had labeled...My Will Be Done
“Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?” (Ecc. 8:4). Kings in the Old Testament, both Hebrew and non-Hebrew, had great power. Defying a king usually meant suffering a swift execution. In fact, one could be put to death...