The world often defines love as a feeling. They think it is something that makes them feel special. When the romantic, heart-fluttering feeling leaves a marriage people say, “I just do not love my spouse anymore.” They treat love like a perfume that wears off. Biblical love is not a feeling. It is a choice. […]
When God gave Israel the land that they now possess, He used Joshua and the armies of Israel to defeat the wicked people who had lived in the land. This may have taken them as much as seven years to accomplish. Here in the book of Joshua chapter 24, Joshua was now preparing the people […]
The birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem over 2000 years ago is an account of God’s grace or divine help for the human race. Jesus did not leave heaven and became a man for His benefit, but to help us. He was born into a poor family that He might help the poorest of men. […]
We live in a world that wants to hide the true meaning of Christmas. Many think that singing songs about Santa is fine, but singing songs about the birth of Jesus is politically incorrect. Those who hold that view are overlooking the fact that Jesus is the ONLY reason for the season. If Jesus had […]
The sun is a huge mass of burning fuel with tremendous heat. Though it is 150 million km away, yet we clearly see its light and feel its warmth. The moon is a non-burning rock. It produces no light. It is only 384,400 km from the earth. How is it then that the moon gives […]
God called Moses to lead about 3 million Jews out of slavery in Egypt, through the wilderness for 40 years and to the border of the Promised Land of Israel. During that time, many people rebelled against his leadership including, on one occasion, his own brother and sister, Aaron and Miriam. When that happened, he […]
Genesis 39 records the events of Joseph’s life while he was a slave in Egypt. Potiphar’s wife tried her best to lead him into sin. Like the strange woman described in Proverbs 7, she likely wore the attire of a harlot, kiss him, and used fair speech and flattering words to entice him. Day after […]
The apostle Paul wrote this second letter to Timothy just prior to his execution in Rome. Paul was now an old man, but Timothy was still relatively young. God had called Timothy to preach and Paul laid his hands on him and ordained him to this work (2Ti 1:6). Because Timothy was young and rather […]
Many Christians struggle with over-eating, filthy thoughts, addictions, pornography, evil habits, an unkind tongue, anger, lustful desires, manipulating others, selfishness, worldly dress, alcohol, and countless other sinful desires. It is clear that temperance is lacking in many lives. This evening we are going to see how God wants to give us the temperance that we […]
So far in this series on Our Spirit, we have learned that our spirit is our disposition. That is part of our emotions. We have studied the angry spirit, the haughty spirit and the humble spirit. This morning, I want us to look at our spirit from a slightly different perspective as we examine the […]