Ministry and life have occupational hazards and blessings. There are avoidable and unavoidable events associated with all job...

The race may not always be to the swift nor the battle to the strong. There can be Divine compensation for human inability. The work of...

The idea that Church is people and not place and is quality of people and not quantity is an interesting proposition. The effectiveness...

The idea that belief requires a certain degree of disbelief is interesting. For example, if we come to God and believe that He is God...

The concept “beauty of the Lord” appears in Psalms 90:17. Beauty is an architectural terms that speaks of the presentation of things...

God is consistent but not predictable. He is not an ATM machine. The efforts to standardize God by imaging predictable patterns of...

Early in the morning may vary for all of us because of our work schedule or because of an internal clock put within us at birth. It is...

A resurrection emphasis does not diminish the significance of the Cross. What the Cross ends the Resurrection begins. The apostolic...

Words are symbols and reveal and conceal meanings. Words are often sounds that are accompanied with emotions of joy, sadness, anger,...

There is a time clock installed within all of us at birth that determines our sleeping and awakening patterns. For that reason, some of...

The Lord puts His ideas, thoughts and values upon our hearts through channels of communication and experiences. While a lot depends upon...

The idea of God being a writer is evident throughout the prophetical literature. King Beltshazzar experienced a Divine sentenced written...

Faith is our contractual relationship with God. It is propositional since it is based upon our acceptance of absolute truths. The...

Paul presents the idea of equity or a return on earthly investment in the Philippian epistle (4:17). Hebrews 13 is a cascade of...

A paradox is a statement, belief, or perspective that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense. The prophet Isaiah writes...

One of the diagnostic tools that I use in my dental office is x-rays.  They enable me to see the unseen and to evaluate the oral health...

Our fundamental challenge as believers is conceptual. Our interpretation or mis-interpretation of historic principles, experiences and...

There was a time when we were so heavenly minded that we were of no earthly good.  We were so preoccupied with the great catching away,...

Where are we going?  What are we doing?  How are we to get there?  And is there a Divine agenda?  These are critical questions...

The prophet Jeremiah is instructed by the Spirit to go down to the potter shed and await a Divine visitation (Jer. 18:1-11).  Interesting...