By Most of us would never be considered a Very Important Person (VIP) in this world’s terms. Instead we follow them on social media, in magazines, and through informal gossip channels. Although God predominately chooses the lowly in life to be witnesses to His nature and His works (1 Cor 1:26-28),
What Do You Do with an All-Powerful God?
God has all the power he wants to do what He likes to do. God is never frustrated by inability or a lack of means to accomplish His purposes. Our God is in the heavens;he does all that he pleases. Psalm 115:3 God employs such impressive power to save people
God Wins, and We Benefit from It
Psalm 135 exposes the striking contrast between the true living God and the gods of this world. The true living God is a God Who chooses people to love (Ps 135:4). He is great (Ps 135:5) and does only, and all, that which pleases Him (Ps 135:6). He rules over nature
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.
Singing During Disaster
Nobody feels like confident singing when calamity strikes. But Psalm 46 is a three-stanza song for the worst of disasters. The first stanza starts with the most comforting truth about God during disaster, but ends with what would certainly be in the top three natural disasters of history. “God is
A Brief Theology of the Beginning
The world began when God spoke it into existence (Heb 11:3). In six carefully recorded, ordinary days, God created the world and filled it with orderliness, life, and productivity (Gen 1). On the sixth day God created man and woman, married them, and then gave them the rest of Creation
Verbalise the Obvious Answer to Scripture’s Questions
In Scripture one often comes across a “rhetorical question”. It is a question stated in such a way that the answer is so obvious, that you might as well write the question as a statement. For example, if two siblings are fighting in a room and the father comes in,