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,...
History Repeats Itself—Do We Learn?
When did this country start to go downhill? We usually point to the 1960s because everything seemed to fall apart. But the seeds of moral disaster were sown a generation before that period. It was the boom and bust period of the “Roaring Twenties.” Only Yesterday by...
A Remedy, Not an Excuse
“Well, you know what the Bible says, ‘all have sinned.’” Have you ever had that cited to you from someone caught in a sin? Perhaps one admitting his/her own shortcoming and seeking refuge in part of Romans 3:23. All have sinned from the Garden to today—fact. It...
A Guide of the Worst Sort: How to Get Into Trouble
Looking for trouble? Think wrong things. As one thinks in his/her heart so are they (Prov. 23:7). Jesus said evil and good come from within (Mark 7:18-23). That’s where it all starts—in the heart. Go to wrong places. If you’re looking for trouble, then that’s where...