The Path of Righteous JudgmentI enjoy my role on having the opportunity to write a few words each week for this group page. I find my faith enriched by spending time in God’s word and learning the truth He reveals to us. Today was a powerful example of truth from the book of Acts. It was a strong reminder of something most of us don’t want to think about too often - the gravity of God's judgment. ...  Read More

God delights in you“He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.” (Psalm 18:16–19)This psalm of thanksgiving and reflect...  Read More

A question came to me from a college student that went something like this.If Lucifer rose up against God and was cast out of heaven what’s to stop that from happening again? The Bible essentially ends with a happily ever after but doesn’t progress any further than we will spend eternity in heaven or hell?I believe scripture teaches that the fall will not be repeated in heaven. Here’s why: For tho...  Read More

Jacob, grandson of Abraham, was named Israel after he had wrestled with God (Gen32:28). This name is a combination of the Hebrew words for "wrestle" and" God". Because (sareta) you have wrestled with God and (‘el) with men you will be called yisrael.There are other interpretations of what "Israel" means, but the context in Genesis 32 strongly supports the meaning "he struggles with God" (see also ...  Read More

Finding true joy by abiding in Jesus.Every spring when I was growing up, we would go into the garden and clean up all the dead vines from the plants that died over the winter. They were no longer connected to their source of life and would not be producing fruit, so we gathered them up and placed them in a pile to be burned. Jesus uses this simple example from nature to present us with a great tru...  Read More

Sanctification—our growth in holiness—is a process that lasts from the moment of our conversion until we are glorified in heaven. God definitively sets us apart as His holy people when we turn to Christ, and so we can be called “saints” (Eph. 1:1).However, becoming holy in practice takes time and a single-minded commitment to do what the Lord calls us to do as citizens of His kingdom (Luke 16:16)....  Read More