How Wide is the Narrow Way? Scripture tells us there are two ways with two gates, the wide way which many are on and the narrow way which few are on. (Matt. 7:13,14) Are there few because the way is narrow and more won’t fit? No. It’s narrow because to walk it, one must come empty-handed, and few are willing […]
The Age of Reason…Is Dead “’Come now and let us reason together’ says the Lord, ‘though your sins are as scarlet they will be as white as snow’” (Isa.1:18). Pride and prejudice are more than a book title by Jane Austen. They are roadblocks to living in harmony with our neighbors. Society has become so polarized by political affiliation and […]
Majoring on Minors “Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). How much warning is enough? One hundred years? Two thousand years? It took Noah over 100 years to build the ark, during which time he practiced righteousness. Then the rain came. It’s been over two millennia since Jesus […]
If Jesus Were Only a Man Important events in human history are always accompanied by fanfare, parades, crowds, and endless media coverage. Except once. And for a seemingly insignificant event some 2,000 years ago, it is by far the MOST IMPORTANT event in all of human history—past, present, and future even without the hoopla. I’m referring, of course, to the […]
America in the Crosshairs “…the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land because there is no faithfulness or kindness or knowledge of God in the land. There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes…My people are destroyed for […]
Know God or No God Sixty-six times In Ezekiel, in one form or another, God says, “that they will know that I am the Lord.” In my opinion, the key verse for this prophetic book is Ezekiel 26:22,23: “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name…I will […]