2022-07-15 | Numbers 22-25 | What Did The Donkey Say to The Jackass?
It’s actually hilarious when you think about it. Let me set the scene. You are so obstinate, so out of touch with reality, so absolutely wrong—and yet you […]
2022-07-09 | The Coin Has Two Sides | James 2:14-26
Faith and Works Working Together
“What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one […]
2022-07-08 | Numbers 19-21 | Do You Dare Grumble
As a society in the western hemisphere, we have become spoiled, by having everything in a “have-it-your-own-way, right away!” fashion. We have become accustomed to pressing a button on a microwave and in minutes extracting an entire meal—completely cooked and […]
2022-07-02 | Star-Struck | James 2:1-13
“My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a […]
2022-07-01 | Numbers 16-18 | Disgruntled Employees
The Bible comes alive when we insert ourselves into the various narratives and stories, when we contemplate how we might have acted if we were there. It’s fascinating to me and disappointing how often […]
2022-06-24 | Numbers 13-15 | Adding Insult to Injury
Picture this in your mind. You’ve already made a bad choice that is sure to have dire consequences. It may even be such that everything about your bad decision is out in the open already, and you are certain of […]
2022-06-17 | Numbers 8-12 | Predictable Tides
The sun rises and the sun sets; the tide comes in and the tide goes out. You don’t even think about it. It’s like your heartbeat: steady, predictable, dependable, and without any forethought. Well, that is if you are healthy […]
2022-06-11 | Speak Less Do More | James 1:19-27
“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” James 1:19-20 NKJV
Swift […]
2022-06-10 | Numbers 4-7 | Racial Profiling
It’s about to get controversial. But, that should not come as a surprise, because God is not bound by what feckless political hacks call inclusion. If you demand that the Creator of the universe […]
2022-06-04 | The Gift of Temptation | James 1:1-18
Perfect and Complete
“James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various […]