“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect [fear]?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, ‘O priests who despise My name.’ But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’” -Mal. 1.6 [...]

“Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah…He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Now this man would go up from his city yearly to [...]

“For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.’ But now, O God, strengthen my hands.” -Neh. 6.9 If we would have anything to do with the enlargement of God’s purposes in the earth, we must be anchored in the understanding [...]

“…. the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple….” -Mal. 3.1a A friend and teacher of mine once gave a remarkable definition of man-made traditions with regard to spirituality: Religion is man’s attempt at making God something he can manage. This has long been the egotistical disposition of mankind: seeking to create [...]

“The most glorious reward awaits such fidelity at the hour of Christ’s return, while the heaviest punishment threatens the selfish indolence that would decline active employment of what it has received.” ~Goebel “A crown is of value for what it implies rather than what it is.” ~D.M. Panton “Christ’s cross is Christ’s way to Christ’s [...]

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One night, in family devotions, I was reading to my kids from a Bible storybook about Cain and Abel. In this author’s rendition of the story, Cain’s offering was rejected because it was not his best, while Abel’s offering was the best he had to give and therefore acceptable to God. It suddenly hit me [...]

“Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, ‘Dominion and awe belong to Him….’ Then Job responded….. ‘To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?’” -Job 25.1-2a, 26.1a, 4 In Job 25, Bildad the Shuhite gave a theological statement that was basically true in form and content, but it was only a categorical [...]

“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” -Heb. 6.19-20 If our lives are being tossed to-and-fro by the [...]

Paul is about to tell us what the intent is, and the purpose, for which reason, God has created all things. So how dare you just sit there, as if you’re hearing a mere sermon? How is it you’re not leaning forward in your seat, with your hand cupped at your ear, that you should [...]