“God is love” (1 John 4:8) is a very well-known, indisputable truth. Another truth that is just as important is this one: “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts.” Isaiah 6:3. Biblical scholar R. C. Sproul made the following observation about how the truth of God’s holiness is not being emphasized enough: “The Bible […]
Cheer for the Team that Can Never Lose
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57. Millions of people will be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday cheering for their favorite team to win. They will embark down a 4-hour long emotional roller-coaster of joy when their team is ahead or anxiety should […]
God Runs a Church, Not a Daycare
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:29. In times of spiritual crisis God raised up certain prophets, apostles and watchmen to bear messages of fearful judgment. These messengers would point out the national sins of the time and reveal […]
A New Year Resolution for These End-times
“They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” Joshua 5:12. Charles Spurgeon describes this New Year experience best when he said: “Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which […]
God’s Pitcher Plays in the World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw is arguably one of the best pitchers currently playing in the MLB. He is a seven-time all star and winner of four Cy Young Awards, an award given annually to the best pitcher. Kershaw is currently playing against the Houston Astros in his first World Series. But what has defined […]
Puerto Ricans are Learning to Live in the Pre-modern Era Again
Puerto Ricans have been forced live in conditions similar to that of the 1920s and 1930s. They are traveling on bicycles or walking on foot. They are using candles at night, cooking in open air kitchens, taking cold showers, using transistor radios and depending on messengers that carry news on foot. Hurricane Maria has decimated […]
What Will It Take to Open Our Eyes?
“For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.” Zachariah 11:6. We are living […]
Have God’s Delayed Judgments Finally Come?
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall […]
Where is God in Times Like These?
As our world draws nearer to a nuclear apocalypse we often wonder where is God and what is He doing in the midst of this? We are told in Scripture that God is sovereign and that ultimately His will is being done on “earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10). “Blessed be the name […]
Abusing the Mercy of a Loving God
“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentation 3:22, 23. It is only by the mercy of God that our world has not self-destructed. It is only because of the tender compassion of God that the conditions […]