Posts from 2007

It has probably happened to you, if not, then to someone close to you. You locked the keys in the car. You closed the office door behind you and it locked. Maybe you stepped outside for something, the newspaper or the mail, and the door closed. You knew as soon as you heard the “click” of the lock that you had made a mistake. If it sounds like I am speaking from experience…well, you’re right. I was meeting a man…

All agree with the Bible teaching and Bible accuracy until we get to Abraham’s children. All call Abraham the “Father of the Faithful.” After the teaching about Abraham, you begin to lose the Muslims. The Muslims begin to follow the Koran. (The Koran even teaches that the promise of God was to come through Isaac and that Abraham was the one who sent Hagar and Ishmael away.) The Koran also teaches that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary. The…

Every individual is important to the Lord! That means that YOU are important to God! When Jesus was teaching the parable of the “Wheat and Weeds,” the landowner’s servants asked if they should pull up the weeds. The owner told them, “No, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.” God values each plant! He does not want anything to disturb the growth of wheat! God does not miss or overlook anything: “…your…

John, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, (also known as John the Baptist), prepared the way for the Lord. He preached, “…Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:2). Jesus, himself, preached the same message, “…Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). Here are a few verses that teach about the kingdom: “…his kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:33). “…seek first his kingdom and his righteousness…” (Matthew 6:33). “…it is hard for a rich…