Police officers deal with many unsavory characters. No one can disagree with that. Perhaps, the most pervasive challenge is knowing when they can trust someone. To put it bluntly, police officers are lied to profusely and this feature of their profession makes it increasingly difficult for them to trust anyone. Even unwittingly they begin toContinue reading “It is Impossible for God to Lie!”
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The Inevitability of Death
In his teaching on the resurrection to the Corinthian believers, Paul makes two statements that give insight to the origin and universality of death. “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (IContinue reading “The Inevitability of Death”
Not Giving Way to a Spirit of Fear
Solomon wrote “Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1, emphasis added). These words have never been truer than they are today. The expectation of a “routine” day has been shattered. Even a simple trip to the grocery store has the promise of anything but certainty. Continue reading “Not Giving Way to a Spirit of Fear”
They Were First Called Christians
Luke records for us, “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch” (Acts 11:26). The word “Christian” simply means “little Christ.” It is not rocket science to understand the significance of people referring to Jesus’ disciples as Christians – they behaved like him in word and deed. That is at the heart of whatContinue reading “They Were First Called Christians”
God is For Me!
We read in the Scriptures that Jesus Christ “is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world” (I John 2:2). Propitiation is a theological term that describes God’s response to the sacrifice of his Son on our behalf. It is the only word among thoseContinue reading “God is For Me!”
Former Things
I would think that most Christians, i.e. true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, are familiar with the promise of God found at the end of the book of Revelation. “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there beContinue reading “Former Things”
Have You Considered This?
This past week we celebrated Christmas. I imagine that most, if not all, have some concept of what is the true meaning of Christmas. But have we really stopped to consider the truth of the matter? Every year it seems our senses to its wonder dull just a little bit more. The decorations, the sales,Continue reading “Have You Considered This?”
The Self-Existent One
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God” (Psalm 90:2). What an incomprehensible thought, i.e. “from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God!” God has always been and always will be. We struggle to get our head around that concept,Continue reading “The Self-Existent One”
A Sure Rest
Nothing stokes the fires of covetousness and discontent like holiday advertising! I really didn’t know how unfulfilled my life was until that television commercial roused my dissatisfaction. How quickly sixty seconds can paint needs that did not exist previously! Is this unsatisfied itch for things not true in every one of our lives to oneContinue reading “A Sure Rest”
God is For Me!
We read in the Scriptures that Jesus Christ “is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world” (I John 2:2). Propitiation is a theological term that describes God’s response to the sacrifice of his Son on our behalf. It is the only word among thoseContinue reading “God is For Me!”
From the Chaplain 