By Psalm 112 is one of the “Fear of the LORD” Psalms. Take a moment to read Psalm 112 in your own Bible … … I’ll still be here when you are done … …. have you actually read it?? Then ask yourself what kind a person would write something like that! What insights
A Pattern of Praise
Why is a Christian always full of praise? Why do Christians growing in maturity increasingly call on those around them to praise God with them? Is it because Christians never face problems, deal with disappointments, suffer loss or endure sadness? Or is it because of the pattern David spoke of
Why Sensible People Fear God
Elihu, one of Job’s younger friends, didn’t understand Job’s situation very well, but he did have a good understanding of who God really is. Elihu was sensible enough to recognise why mankind should fear God and stop following their own ways. In short poetic form we read this from Elihu.
Godliness Leaves a Longer Shadow
You know how short your shadow is in the middle of the day, and how it gets longer and longer as the day comes to an end. This is true spiritually too. In the middle of our lives it might feel like fearing the Lord and doing what is right
To Be Found Faithful
As Christians we ought to see ourselves first and foremost as a manager under God (1 Corinthians 4:1). God has given us our lives, our gifts, our salvation, and our hope. The most basic requirement on us as managers of all the things given us by God is to be
Christianese: Faith
Perhaps the most familiar religious term to all professing Christians is the word “faith”. Can you give a short explanation of what it means? Faith is “belief in”. It needs to be differentiated from mere “belief”, for in our times “faith” has become a commodity—the more you have of it,
The Fountain of Eternal Life
The “fountain of eternal life” is a concept often associated with fairy tales at best, or false worship at worst. But, like most things in life, the fairy tales and false worshipers stole their ideas from the Truth. There is a Biblical fountain of life, yes, even a fountain of
It is About God’s Glory, Not Man’s
Our God is in the heavens;he does all that he pleases. Psalm 115:3 God is not like man. Man is on earth; God is above it all in the heavens. Man cannot, and must not, be allowed to do as he pleases; God can, indeed must, do as He pleases.
By A Brief Theology of Faith
“Faith” is used in four different ways in the Scriptures. The first use of “faith” in the Scriptures is in the sense of saving faith. This faith is a gift from God (Eph 2:8-9) to believe in Jesus Christ (Rom 16:31). This faith is never just by itself, but always
A Sad Summary of a Sinner’s Life
The book of Judges is no fairy tale. The only redeeming factor in the book is the relentless grace of God showing compassion over, and over, and over again to those who deserve it least of all. The worst of the judges have their names recorded in the Hall of