The storm is coming! The storm is coming! The bald weather guy is out reporting! Buy water, gasoline, batteries and food. Shutter up the house and wait. Some of us have been there. These actions are last-minute, knee-jerk reactions to the more imminent threat of danger. The experts say that most of our preparation can be done ahead of time so that…

We all saw the aerial photos of Mexico Beach after hurricane Michael tore through the panhandle. This was the most destructive storm to ever hit that area in recorded history. Yet, amongst the apocalyptic rubble there was one house that stood. Russel King said that they built their house “for the big one, but we didn’t know it would come so soon.”…

I saw a grandfather holding his grandson. The man was standing with his arms holding the child. On the man’s face you could see complete contentment. The boy had melted onto his grandfather’s shoulder. His eyes were open. He was perfectly still. It appeared as though he had no cares or worries. He was just happy about where he was. Both were…

There are bits of information in the Bible that leave us wondering, “Why are these here?” Random acts like when John wrote that Jesus “was sitting thus on the well” when talking with the Samaritan woman (4:6). Other strange bits of information are found in the genealogies, especially in the early ones of Cain, Adam and Noah (Gen. 4:17-26; 10:1ff). Did you…

Florida is not the innocent sunshine state with decent tax laws and a good place to retire. According to a new study by Wallethub, we are the second most sinful state behind Nevada. To rank the states, they compared data from 43 metrics that ranked each state in seven areas: anger and hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and laziness.…

Luke, the beloved physician, wrote about Jesus healing people. He mentioned Jesus talking about healing the blind (Luke 4:16-18). Jesus did do this, but it was more than just physical blindness that He healed (Luke 18:35-43). He healed the blindness of ignorance, tradition, prejudice, superstition, and idolatry. Blindness is akin to darkness, which all through God’s word is contrasted to the Bible,…

The book of Colossians is a great source of information for greater Christian living. In the last two chapters, Paul exhorts the Christians in Colossae to live the type of life that shows their faith in Jesus the Christ. In chapter three, verses one though eleven, he describes the basics of Christian living. In verses twelve through seventeen, of chapter three, he…

“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’” (Matt. 16:13). This is a very good question. So much depends on how we view who Jesus is. During His time on earth, there were a lot of opinions about Him. There are four that I would…