2 Why do you spend silver on what is not food,and your wages on what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,and you will enjoy the choicest of foods. (Isaiah 55:2 CSB) I seem to have written more of late on our materialistic nature. It is...
First things First
8 More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ (Philippians 3:8 CSB) We often put a...
Measure of a Man
2 Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance. (Titus 2:2 CSB) If you would like a great example of a good father on this Fathers Day, here it is. Paul provides a simple list in one sentence of what it means to be...
And at the Last
25 ``As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. (Job 19:25) Do you believe that God, our Redeemer, lives and wins in the end? With all of the bad that happens in this world it can seem...
Walking with God
9 These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9 CSB) What better worlds could be recorded of our lives than that we walked with God. Noah lived through in an evil time and completed a difficult task building the Ark,...