For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being…
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 ESV Friends – “What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image…
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 ESV Loved – A few years ago I wrote an article about seeking the perfect love. I’m publishing it again with a few additions because I need the reminder. Maybe you do too. The idea of romantic love, invented in the Enlightenment and perpetrated by this culture,…
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to…
A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; the LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserves wrath for His enemies. Nahum 1:2 NASB Avenging – Liberal theologians and atheists point to verses like this to draw a hard distinction between the God of the Old Testament and…
So today is my birthday. Unlike last year I will not be on a plane by myself. I will be with my youngest son and my great wife enjoying a glass of red wine in Reggio Emilia. So I thought I would take the day off and savor a slower pace–for at least 1 day….
And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Acts 11:25-26 NASB Christians – This confirms the beginning of the “church,” according to Christian history. Of course, there…
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB Teach us to pray – Why would the disciples ask such a foolish question? Are we to assume…
“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:5 NASB You will be like God– Translated in this way, the serpent’s voice strikes us as the epitome of arrogance, hubris and folly. Of course, we can’t be like…
