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...

The Right Weapon

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.” – 1 Peter 2:11. The largest grocery chain in the United States, Kroger, is covering up Cosmopolitan magazine at its checkout stands. The cover up comes because of the lurid headlines, which have received...

Global Networked Society

Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete. – Revelation 15:1. According to Gerald Levine the merger of AOL and Time Warner has accelerated the creation of a truly Globally Networked...