Free Indeed
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. – John 8:36. Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson have been set free. They were wrongly incarcerated for more than a decade for a murder they did not commit. Fritz says, “You just can’t imagine how it feels to be confined...
Deceived
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources,...
Real Beauty
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God. – Psalm 43:5. Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord,...
Deception
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that...
Finding Rest and Peace
‘There is no peace,’ says the Lord, ‘for the wicked.’ – Isaiah 48:22. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. ‘There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked.’ – Isaiah 57:20-21. Their feet run to...
Growing Up
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. – Luke 2:52. The Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a study by Harvard University, has found that “religiously active people are more likely to be viewed as good citizens and have a more diverse circle of friends...
Priceless
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. – Genesis 1:27. Your hands have made me and fashioned me. – Psalm 119:73. Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My...
Greed
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live. – Proverbs 15:27. We are used to being able to order pizza for home delivery and other items. Manhattan (New York) perhaps was the first to have large-scale delivery service for cocaine....
A Secret Visit
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. – Psalm 34:15. The judges in Israel were a little upset last week with the Justice Minister. Yossi Beilin who is Israel’s Justice Minister dropped in on several courtrooms in disguise on...
Affluenza
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold. – Proverbs 22:1. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life. – Proverbs 22:4. With the technological computer revolution there have been a vast number...