IMPRESSIONS FROM LIFE & SCRIPTURE

For a long time I have been concerned about my involvement in thepolitical situation in my country. I have been watching my countryself-destruct. Yes, it still looks the same but it has a rotting moralcore. In light of the obvious direction my country is taking,...

One of the moist important encounters in the life of Christ came onthe day of His death. Jesus stood before a man of earthly power tobe judged. Pilate was a man of good intentions but weak character.The apostle John describes this fateful meeting in his gospel, John18...

A classic book on prayer, The Kneeling Christian, makes a mostimportant statement. “There are some things God cannot, or atleast, will not do without our help.” Three areas are considered.We must think, use the creative ability He has given us. He hasprovided laws of...

LIVING IN TWO WORLDS AT ONCEThe Bible has much to say about the world and the environment we all live in. THE PHYSICAL WORLDGod created the heavens and the earth…it was very good. Genesis 1:1,31We call this physical world planet earth. It is made up of water, soil,...

America, let's take a warning from history.A simple farmer delivered a message to Israel over 2700 years agowarning them of destruction if they didn't return to God.Amos 3:6 says, "When disaster comes to a city has not the Lordcaused it?" We credit Mother Nature when...

It is a great feeling to hear someone say, "I am praying for you." Prayer is the most important gift that anyone can give. It is the force that persuades God to work on our behalf. Of infinitely more value than a friend's prayer is the knowledge that our Lord is even...

There is a glorious promise given to all believers, that the Holy Spirit comes to reside in our spirits[Rom. 8:9, I Cor. 3:16].I have also read several times of a mystery, that I may be in Him. This is stated 13 times in Colossiansand some 150 times in all of Paul’s...

We have an enemy; a very crafty enemy. He cannot come againstGod directly, so he delights in tempting God’s children to fall.Genesis chapter three describes his move against two perfectindividuals living in ideal conditions. His temptation was subtle,using a...

“The terror [intense fear] of the Lord and the splendor [brilliance, grandeur, glory] of His majesty” isquoted three times in Isaiah chapter two [10,19,21].It is impossible to look at God with physical eyes. God is spirt, and we cannot imagine what it would belike to...