Abuse of Authority

Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord. …before they burned the fat the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, ‘Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.’ Therefore...

Peaceful Living

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the...

Loving the World

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. – John 3:16. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows...

The World Stinks

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life –...

The Taste Test

I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! – Psalm 34:8. Peggy Whitson is the science officer on the International Space Station...

The Lord is Our Strength

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may...

The Collectors

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. – Matthew 4:4.  Bob Burke an Oklahoma City attorney, historian, and collector has given his collection of over 2,000 Bibles, to the University of Oklahoma. In this collection of Bibles, there...

The Enemy’s Tools

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who...

Guard Your Heart

You shall not murder. – Exodus 20:13. The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless....

The Cost of Sin

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. – Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV. The West Coast port shutdown (2002) is continuing in the United States with...