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!”
Category Archives: Our God
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”
There is a God!
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Many of us would recognize that this is the first verse in the Bible. That is, this is how the Scriptures open or begin. It is interesting to note that the Bible does not begin by arguing for the existence of God. InContinue reading “There is a God!”
Thou God Seest Me
God had promised Abram (He had not yet changed Abram’s name to Abraham.) a seed yet Sarai, his wife, was barren. She schemed to secure that seed through Hagar, her maid, by giving her to Abram. When Hagar conceived, Sarai dealt harshly with her and Hagar fled into the wilderness. There God spoke to herContinue reading “Thou God Seest Me”
He Made the Stars, Also!
In the creation account of Genesis, the Scriptures declare “God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also” (Genesis 1:16, emphasis added). Almost as an inspired afterthought, the author tells us, “Oh, yeah, he made the stars, too!” TheContinue reading “He Made the Stars, Also!”
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
The reach of COVID-19 has been daunting – it has touched virtually every part of our lives. Yet we are assured from its Author that it can and will only go so far as its intended purpose. God reminds us, “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I theContinue reading “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God”
From the Chaplain 