Episodes
Too seldom do I hear thunder and think “Is that God?” Colossians 3:2 reminds us to “Let heaven fill your thoughts....
Published 10/14/24
The dread of death ends when you know heaven is your true home. In all my air travels I’ve never...
Published 10/11/24
Sin sees the world with no God in it. Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God...
Published 10/10/24
Here’s a test: how far do you have to go to hear the reminder Be afraid? How near is your...
Published 10/09/24
Revelation 2:10 says, “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Make sure the hull...
Published 10/08/24
Yes, life stinks. But it won’t forever. As one of my friends likes to say, “Everything will work out in the...
Published 10/07/24
Certain chapters in this life seem so unnecessary. Suffering. Loneliness. Disease. Holocausts. Martyrdom. Hurricanes, earthquakes, monsoons. If we assume this...
Published 10/04/24
Life is so much easier if we can just put labels on people. Pigeonholing permits us to wash our hands...
Published 10/03/24
There’s a predictable progression from poverty to pride. The poor man prays and works; God hears and blesses. The humble...
Published 10/02/24
Scrooge didn’t create the world, God did. Giving characterizes God’s creation. Psalm 104 celebrates this lavish creation with twenty-three verses...
Published 10/01/24
Some years ago I attended a San Antonio Spurs basketball game. It was the final game of the regular season,...
Published 09/30/24
Just moments prior to his ascension into heaven, the followers of Christ inquired, “Lord, will You at this time restore...
Published 09/27/24
The plainest reading of Revelation 20 is a literal thousand-year reign of Christ. The apostle John mentions it six times...
Published 09/26/24
The Antichrist is the warmonger of the end times, the enemy of God, and the nemesis of the Jews.  He...
Published 09/25/24
Satan is a fallen, embittered, and evil angel. He wreaks havoc on earth and leaves devastation in his wake. Every...
Published 09/24/24
I believe Jesus will someday rule from the physical city of Jerusalem for a thousand years. The earth will be...
Published 09/23/24
The angel Gabriel gave three prophecies to Daniel. Look at the second one. He said, “A command will come to rebuild Jerusalem. The time from this command until the appointed leader comes will be forty-nine years and four hundred thirty-four years” (Daniel 9:25 NCV). The Hebrew term for “appointed leader” means Messiah…Jesus Christ. The angel mentioned two blocks of time, for a total of 483 years. Nehemiah was a high-ranking exiled Jewish ruler. He made a request to Artaxerxes to rebuild...
Published 09/20/24
History is an ordered, orchestrated movement toward an eternal goal. God has a time line. Gabriel declared three prophecies, often...
Published 09/19/24
Be assured, God is at work. His plans are proceeding at the right pace, in the right places, and according...
Published 09/18/24
In Jeremiah 31:31, God made a covenant with Israel: “The days are coming…when I will make a new covenant with...
Published 09/17/24
God declared that someone from the house of David would sit on David’s throne and rule over his kingdom forever....
Published 09/16/24
“…the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘to your descendants I will give this land, from the Wadi...
Published 09/13/24
God said to Abraham, “I will make you into a great nation…and all peoples on earth will be blessed through...
Published 09/12/24
God made a promise to Abraham and Abraham’s heirs. Two words serve as subheads for this covenant: seed and soil....
Published 09/11/24
God declared a shared dominion. God bequeathed upon his first couple an assignment. They would oversee, superintend, and exercise authority...
Published 09/10/24