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”

The Simple Message of the Gospel

Paul had instructed the Corinthian believers how that the world, i.e. unregenerate mankind, could never find God by its own wisdom (I Corinthians 1:21).  God had ordained it so.  The knowledge of God begins with receiving the testimony concerning his Son, Jesus Christ.  And so, Paul writes “it pleased God by the foolishness of preachingContinue reading “The Simple Message of the Gospel”

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!”