“What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace, Buried deep in the heart of my soul, So secure that no power can mine it away, While the years of eternity roll!” These are just some of the Lyrics from the old hymn “Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace.” While in jail, unjustly, beaten and terrorized Paul […]
Solomon wrote in Proverbs 9:1 “Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;” Solomon wrote about the intimacy a believer has with the Lord Jesus in Song of Solomon. In Proverbs, the majority of the time, Jesus is depicted as “wisdom.” Here’s my point: Jesus has built a house. No, it’s […]
In 1969 Peggy Lee won a Grammy Award for her rendition of the song entitled, “Is That All There Is?” The lyrics tell of the disappointment of expectation (circus experience), tragedy (loss of her home in a fire), and love (boyfriend left). The lyrics go on to state the reason for not taking her own […]
In 1799, while rebuilding a fort in a small village called Rashid (Rosetta), French soldiers found a mysterious black rock. We now know this rock as the “Rosetta Stone.” This black rock enabled translators to understand the writings called hieroglyphics thus opening up a better understanding of religion in ancient Egypt. We too have a […]
There is an old story about an eagle egg that was placed under a chicken with the rest of the hens eggs. When the eggs hatched the eagle grew up not realizing all of the possibilities of being an eagle. There is more to the story but this gets the point across. Hosea 4:6 says, […]
Sometime during the early 1990’s I thought I had this big revelation concerning God having a plan for each of our lives. Then I discovered that Jonathan Edwards preached a message in the 1700’s entitled “The End For Which God Made The World.” The truth is, this is neither my revelation nor Jonathan Edwards’; it […]
“Gloria, Away in a Manger, The First Noel, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Joy to the World, O Holy Night, Silent Night”…don’t you love Christmas Carols? I think we should sing them all year. They help us to remember that Christmas really is about Jesus. The Gospel: Jesus born of a virgin, Jesus lived a […]
“You need to forgive” thundered the preacher as he pounded the dais while shaking his Bible in the air. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could look at those who have wronged us and the love of Jesus would be all that came into our mind? Scripture says to “cast down imaginations” (2 Corinthians 10:5). […]