The very first instruction of God recorded in the Bible is found in Genesis 1:3, “Then God said, ‘Let there be light.’” Imagine for a moment that God had given light the freedom to make its own choices. When God said, “Let there be light,” would it bother you if the very next statement said, “But light was too busy at the…

There is a feeble argument often attempted to make a significant difference between an elder’s qualification to be “not given to wine” (1 Tim. 3:3) and a deacon’s qualification to be “not given to much wine” (1 Tim. 3:8). Can a deacon drink a little, while an elder is to totally abstain? Here’s the real question: if the Bible condemns something in…

Have you ever heard someone say about another person (who had withdrawn himself and was spending all of his time alone and separated from his family, friends and church), “Well, he’s just trying to find himself”? May I suggest to you that if someone is trying to “find himself,” and has undertaken that endeavor while separating himself from the church, that the…

It’s a tough job being a parent! The hours: 168 hours a week (and that’s only because there aren’t 169 hours or more available in a week). The pay: below minimum wage, way below minimum wage; in fact, you have pay to be a parent (instead of getting paid). Hazards: well,  there are too many to list (and we don’t want to…

Some parents’ approach to parenting is to wait (even longingly wait) for their children to make a mistake, so that they can pounce on them, tell them what they did wrong and seek to correct it. Some couples’ approach to marriage is to wait (even longingly wait) for their spouse to make a mistake, so that the mistake-free spouse can pounce on…