The sun beamed boldly through a blue-draped heaven O’er the Hudson River on September Eleven Shining down on marbled domes of Washington And brass-buttoned coats at the Pentagon Upon the gleam of a plane in the Somerset sky Warming the earth where scores would...
The subject of eternal rewards does not get much play in the pulpit. Most sermons focus on the here and now—whether to help me hang on and not give up, or how you can get blessed and prosper. Apostle Paul saw things differently. He...
We live in an immoral world resembling the decadent days recorded in the Book of Judges, “when everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). The 450-year cycle of debauchery God’s people Israel had fallen into is hard to conceive. Yet,...
June is the month of love, weddings, and anniversaries, and the Bible is filled with great married love stories, like Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel, Ruth and Boaz, and the Shunamite maiden and her shepherd boy. But what may be...
Perhaps you are thinking, do we really need to ask this question? There are some teachers in the Church who purport that it didn’t matter where Jesus died—only that He died. It wouldn’t have mattered if He had died from stoning or other means....