Three Missing Words

Three Missing Words

Sin wrecks our lives. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7). All we have to do is read the story of the prodigal son to see what sin does: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to...
Bigger Than You and I

Bigger Than You and I

When man is left to his own devices, strange, delusional thinking oftentimes takes over. In Genesis 11 many of that day were determined to control God, so that they could have control over things like the flood, etc. They set out to build a tower known as the tower of...
Longsuffering

Longsuffering

Longsuffering is defined as: “having or showing patience in spite of troubles, esp. those caused by other people” (New Oxford American Dictionary). In his explanation of the words that are translated “longsuffering” in the Scriptures, W. E. Vine lists as synonyms...

Pandemic

Until recently, for most of us, the word pandemic was probably not in our daily vocabulary. But for the past four months we have heard the word in discussions almost constantly. The New Oxford American Dictionary gives the following for the word pandemic: “(of a...

"My" Religion

A famous country singer told how she got religion. When she was a child, her mother said the Holy Spirit told her that her daughter had a special gift. When she grew up and started singing, she said the gift had to come from God because she didn’t get it from her...