One of the problems the children of Israel had to deal with was the many, perhaps most of them believed that because they had been chosen by God to be His people, they did not need to obey Him. The Lord disproved this theory following their meeting with Him at Mt. Sinai when He refused […]

In the mechanical world a “converter” is an apparatus that takes the energy being exerted in one direction and directs it in a different direction or directions. A good example of this is the “universal joint” of a car which converts the energy produced by the drive shaft into two different energies that extend from […]

Germany, England, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, Australia, Italy, Greece, France, Spain, Romania, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Belgium ad infinitum. These once God-blessed countries all have four things in common: 1) They all identify themselves as “Christian.” 2) They have all rejected God. 3) God has rejected them. 4) God is sending the Muslim hoards to […]

I watched the Republican debate/debacle last evening and was reminded of why this nation is lying face down in the sewer. With just five words Senator Lindsey Graham summarized the reason why this God-created, once-blessed nation is destined to go down to defeat. He said: “Islam is not our enemy.” Unfortunately, he was right–the Satan-blinded […]

God’s people must live in the world. Paul said that we must have social, economic, etc. dealings with sinners outside the church. Otherwise we would have to leave the world. He warned saints not to have spiritual dealings with sinners (the worldly) within the church, rather to put them out of the church, which was […]

As a fellow professor once said, “This job would be great if I didn’t have to deal with students.” At times I’m sure we all feel that way when our fellow man seems intent on throwing our lives off kelter. At times we would like not to have to deal with others, at all, ever. […]

In the Scriptures God speaks about the believer’s “walk.” This walk–style of life–is also called a “race” which one must run and finish according to the Racemaster’s rules in order to receive the winner’s reward (1 Cor. 9:24/Heb. 12:1). Many, Paul wrote under the power of the Holy Spirit, run the race, but few will […]

Why did Jesus preach and tell His apostles and future apostles to preach one basic message–the earthly Kingdom of God? Because that is where true saints will spend eternity with Him and the Father. As we are told repeatedly in the Scriptures, to enter that kingdom requires more than faith in Jesus Christ; it requires […]

In Matthew 5:6 the true seeker of God is told that he will be blessed if he hungers and thirsts for righteousness. Nowhere in the Scriptures are we told to hunger and thirst for anything else–not ministry, not wisdom, not eloquence. Though these things are worth seeking and attaining, without righteousness they are meaningless. Many […]

In the previous posting I introduced the life-style (“walk”) of a true Christian–a “saint”–as described by Jesus Christ in what has been labeled the “Sermon on the Mount.” As always, I took the reader to the Word of God for proof of what I wrote. Let us continue to study the mountainside sermon in order […]