Posts by Gordon Dickson
How to Respond without Taking Revenge
When someone sins against you, how should you fight your inner impulse to return evil for their evil? How can you respond without getting revenge? God’s design for true Christians is that, even when Satan squeezes them, the Scripture runs out. The Lord comforts believers in all their tribulations in order that they can know…
Read MoreHow to Come Back from the Dead
Revelation 3:1-7 How can we come back from the dead? What steps would we, as a church, take to return from near lifelessness? We can learn a great deal from the dangerous difficulties present in a church described in Revelation 3:1-7. They had once been a living church, but were in peril of becoming “the…
Read MoreThe Holy Spirit, Like A Dove
Why did the Holy Spirit choose the dove to illustrate His ministry? In the Scriptures, there are three prominent illustrations of the Holy Spirit. He is like a dove; He is like the wind (John 3:8, Acts 2:2-4); He is like oil (especially in anointing, 1 Samuel 16:13, Isaiah 61:1, Acts 10:38). For a few…
Read MoreWhen Will These Things End?
You know something about a Christian believer who died in November 1992. But what you know about him is largely based on fiction, and not on fact. The fiction you probably know about is based on the writing of Ian Fleming, who wrote the James Bond series. The quartermaster (named “Q” by Fleming) provided the…
Read MoreWords for Well-Being
Have you ever been hurt by something someone said? Or even worse, have you hurt someone deeply by something you blurted out? Maybe that heartache you felt caused you to hurl hurtful words at someone else too. When will all this stop? Proverbs 12:18 can help you and me stop hurting people and start helping…
Read MoreWhen Nations Are Shaken (Part 2)
Daniel 11:21-29 How can we live in a stable, confident manner when our nation is shaken by assassinations, fraudulent leaders, diplomatic intrigue, military force and greedy political leaders who turn against their own countrymen? In Isaiah 44:6-8, the prophet introduced the Lord, the King of Israel, and His credentials: “Thus says the LORD the King…
Read MoreWhen Nations Are Shaken (Part 1)
Daniel 11:5-12 How do you feel when you see a plan come together? Now sometimes, plans are hard to make. There are just so many variables, so many factors that you must consider. How do you prepare for the “what if’s?” What if this were to happen? What if that were to happen? It’s one…
Read MoreCrying Out to God in Chaotic Times, part 3
See here for Part One and here for Part Two Daniel 9:20-23 What should you do when you live in a society characterized by these words: “There is no fear of God before their eyes?” The absence of the fear of God was the unmaking1 of the nation of Israel (Zephaniah 3:7-8). When they began…
Read MoreAre You Weary of Conspiracy Theories?
In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about conspiracy theories. Whether it was “the vast right wing conspiracy theory” (popularized by Hillary Clinton),1 or the unfounded “Trump-Russia conspiracy theory” propounded by Robert Mueller,2 naïve people believed it. More recently, the media is publicizing the so-called “Q-Anon conspiracy theory”3 and insisting that we…
Read MoreCrying Out to God in Chaotic Times, part 2
Daniel 9:10-19 For part 1 of this message, click here As authorities are investigating the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, one word keeps coming to mind: anarchy. The word refers to an absence of or rejection of authority. We are learning that those who are extreme rightists1 and extreme leftists2 were responsible…
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