“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” (John 16:22) We have sorrows in this life as well as joys. Solomon reflected on this nature of the fallen creation when he said, “there is an...
The New Year is almost upon us. The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a natural and perfect time to reflect. Who are we and where did we come from? What are we doing here now? Where are we going? After what we’ve experienced in 2020, it is timely...
Our text is one of the most famous passages of Scripture – the first declaration in the New Testament of God’s wonderful plan in Jesus Christ. Luke 1:26-38: “26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth...
“All have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one” (Romans 3:12). Man has always known he has a problem—a problem preventing him from keeping perfect peace and justice and from reclaiming paradise. Every culture...
“For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day” (2 Timothy 1:12 NASB). Hardships, afflictions, and trials come in every Believer’s...
“Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.” (Proverbs 25:26) A polluted well is no good to anyone. Its function—to support life—has been compromised. Like a trampled spring, a compromised person pollutes...
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). It is an age-old question. When we see evil, how should we respond? Should we turn aside and avoid a confrontation? How can we, when evil and...
“Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?” (Ps. 44:24) In terms of deeds, Elijah is the greatest prophet that ever lived. Yet, due to the culture and government’s oppression towards faithful people, Elijah was so weighed down and anxious...
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE – Sowing Confusion to Distort Reality “O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart” (Psalm 15:1-2). INTEGRITY AND...
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