Not That Way, Lord

Not That Way, Lord

Not That Way, Lord   What if God did speak directly from heaven and answer our old question: “Why, Lord?” One Old Testament prophet kept crying out to God. He asked why evil was everywhere around him and how long God was going to tolerate it. When God answered...
God Knows America’s Future

God Knows America’s Future

God Knows America’s Future   As the election draws near Americans feel anxious. We want to know something we cannot know: the future. Turning to popular social media doesn’t help. It makes it worse. Politicians make promises but give no clear answers. Preachers...
Preach Plainly

Preach Plainly

There is a very interesting and informative event recorded in the eighteenth chapter of the book of First Kings.  The children of Israel had gotten involved with idolatry.  They were “limping” back and forth from Baal to Jehovah.  Elijah, God’s prophet, had all of the...

The Patriarchal Age

If one is to be a true Bible student he/she must understand the Bible ages.   The first is the Patriarchal Age.  This is the time from the beginning of man (Gen. 1:27; 2:7) and extending to the receiving of the Law by Moses in Exodus 20.  It was a time characterized...

Isaiah

Isaiah is a book about who God is. This theme begins in the opening words of Isaiah and continues throughout its chapters. God sent Isaiah to Judah, “a sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers” (1:4). The reason for this corruption...