What was life like without coffee? Before coffee found its way to Europe and the Americas the people in those regions were very sleepy and depressed because they did not have coffee to drink. (Historical fact I just made up.) Coffee had been, up until the 1700’s, a very tightly controlled commodity that was monopolized […]
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye […]
February 14th, is known as Valentine’s Day. It is a day in which we like to express our love for our “sweethearts.” On that day, we will give and receive Valentine’s cards, eat chocolate and quote love poetry to one another, “My love is like a red, red, rose that’s newly sprung in June…” We […]
There have been many wars fought throughout history. Wars of conquest. Wars of punitive action. Wars of liberation. Wars, battles, blood-feuds and the like have been taking place for as long as man has dwelled upon the earth. Prior to any of these earthly wars and battles, there was a spiritual warfare being waged by […]
I am continually in a state of shock at the rudeness of some drivers. It seems that people think that the very laws of nature change when they get behind the wheel. They seem to think that the universe suddenly begins to revolve around them when they’re on the highway. With some people you […]
What is Repentance? Repentance is a change of life resulting from a changed attitude toward sin. One who has repented has turned from a life of sin toward a life of humble submission to God and His Word. There are many examples of this change of life found in the Bible. Such as the Christians […]
How Past Sins Can Lead to Regret Do you have something in your past that hinders you from doing the right thing in the present? Have you ever, in the past, done something for which you are now ashamed? I have! I am also pretty sure that anyone who is reading this article has, in […]
Many have tried to justify the consumption of beverage alcohol based upon the Gospel account of Jesus turning water into wine in the John 2:1-11. Let us begin to answer this question with the Biblical definition of the word, wine. In the New Testament, wine is translated from the Greek word oinos. This is a […]
The Biblical word I would like to discuss this week is Sluggard. The Hebrew word that is translated is found twelve times in the Book of Proverbs. Five times it is translated sluggard and the other seven times it is translated as slothful. The English words sluggard and slothful both indicate slowness of movement. Slothful […]
The Lord began His great sermon, known as the Sermon on the Mount with these words, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 5:3 With these words Jesus began one of the greatest orations in the history of mankind. There have been many great speeches or sermons […]