Pain? Sure. Hardship? Yes. Poverty? OK. Hard work? Count me in. Death? That one is very hard, but yes. Public humiliation? Uh, maybe not. Honor, duty. We value these things highly. Civil War commanders sent rows of young men to near certain death with the words “What will your family think of you if you…
We are talking to authors from our November/December FrontLine magazine, which had the topic “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” Our author this time is Matt Davis, the Chief Executive Officer at Maranatha Baptist University. His article was called, “A Mother’s Faith: The Forge of a Biblical Leader.” He was looking at…
Matthew 2:1–2 records the travel of the wise men from the east to Jerusalem, looking for the King of the Jews, “For we saw his star when it rose.” King Herod interrogated them as to “what time the star had appeared” (Matthew 2:7). After leaving Herod, the star apparently reappeared and “went before them until…
Few topics are as controversial today as immigration. The world and the Jewish community in particular are reeling from the attack in Australia where a Pakistani father and son gunned down dozens of innocents while they were celebrating a Jewish festival. Americans have been shocked by the scope and size of the recently uncovered Somali…
INTRODUCTION Genesis 37–50 records the incredible account of Joseph, his dysfunctional family, and God’s faithfulness. Joseph’s prophetic dreams during his youth sustained him in his making wise choices throughout his life. He had additional opportunities in the narrative to interpret dreams for the baker, the cupbearer, and for the great Pharaoh. But the ones we…
Chapter 21 of Second Chronicles records God’s dealing with Jehoram, a wicked king of Judah. The Scriptures record that he did not walk in the ways of Jehoshaphat, his father, or Asa, both godly kings of Judah. Rather, he “walked in the way of the [evil] kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the…
Last week, I was finishing a message on Matthew 19 regarding marriage, divorce, and remarriage. It’s a subject I dislike preaching on because the biblical data on divorce and remarriage seems unclear to me, and many Bible scholars disagree on the topic. To illustrate my point, I wanted to reference an article in the Fundamentalist…
We are talking to authors from our November/December FrontLine magazine, which had the topic “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” Our author this time is my friend David Potter who wrote an article called, “Teach Them Diligently.” He is drawing from Deuteronomy 6 in reminding us of the importance of passing on…
One of the many wonders of a newborn child is wondering who he will be. What is his personality? Will he be more like his father or his mother? What will he look like? What will be his vocation? Who will he marry? How many kids will he have? Who will he grow up to…
Do you ever wonder why God doesn’t bless us more? After all, if God is all-good and all-powerful, then He can do whatever He wants. If He loves us, and wants to give us good things as Jesus teaches (Matthew 7:11), why does He not simply shower us with all the blessings we could imagine?…