In the book of Jonah, we have the story of the prophet Jonah.   God told him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy to the people, but instead Jonah tried to run away from God.  He boarded a boat to flee from God, but a great storm arose because of him.  He convinced […]

What do you do when you find out that a brother or sister in Christ is involved in a sin?  Maybe they cheated someone or they are into sexual immorality or they are caught in a lie or they stole something or you found them drunk.  It happens.  Do you look the other way and […]

When the patriarch Abraham was ninety-nine years old, God made a contract, a covenant with him.  These are the terms of the covenant.  Genesis 17:6-8 “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.  And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and […]

For the Lord’s Supper, we use unleavened bread.  What is leaven?  Leaven is any of several agents used in doughs and batters that cause gas bubbles to form inside the dough to lighten and soften it.  A typical leaven is baker’s yeast.  When baker’s yeast is added to dough, the yeast grows, feeds on the […]

Have you ever been discouraged?  Maybe you are discouraged right now.  You can be discouraged when negative events happen in your life that make you wonder if it is worth it to keep going on.  It seems far easier and less painful to give up and quit rather than to continue and struggle onward through […]

It is natural for you to compare yourself to other people.  You are younger than they are, or you are shorter than they are, or they are richer than you are.  Some comparisons are natural and innocent enough.  But other comparisons are not good, such as that you are more righteous than they are, or […]

I wish to encourage you through some scriptural descriptions of your Savior and mine – Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  To begin, we have a description of Him in prophesy.  Isaiah 9:6-7a “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.  And […]

When you are baptized for the remission of your sins, you are promised the gift of the Holy Spirit as stated in the words of Peter in Acts 2:38-39 “Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and […]

God is known as our Father in heaven.  Each of us had a father on earth.  It is said that each of us initially views the nature of our heavenly Father as being like our earthly father.  If your father was missing, distant or did not spend much time with you, then you might see […]

The Apostle Paul, and those with him, prayed the following prayer for the Colossians.  Colossians 1:9-12 “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  that […]