Have you ever tried one of those taste tests, where they try to see how refined or how choosey your tastes really are? How well can you taste the difference in similar foods or drinks? Are you able to sense whether you will like the taste of something even before you try it? I love how God uses words (like “taste”) that…

If you were going to finish the sentence, “The Lord is in…,” how would you complete it? A familiar Biblical text states, “The Lord is in His holy temple” (Hab. 2:20). No doubt, “His holy temple” has some reference to heaven, for Psalm 11:4 says, “The Lord is in His holy temple, The Lord’s throne is in heaven.”   Yes, the Lord is…

I am guessing that you’ve never heard anyone say that (or anything like it). “I’m gonna pass out if I don’t get to worship God soon!” Yep, it sounds a little “over-the-top” or “dramatic,” doesn’t it? Nobody would ever verbalize anything like that, let alone even think it!   Well, a conclusion such as that would be…wrong! The heart of a worshiper…

There is a word used frequently of Paul’s preaching in the book of Acts and it is translated variously: Paul “reasoned with them from the Scriptures” (Acts 17:2; cf. 17:17; 18:4, 19; 19:8-9; 24:25); “disputing” (24:12); “preached” or “discoursed” or “talked with them” (20:7, 9). The Greek word fundamentally meant “to reason, to argue, to dispute, to revolve in the mind, to…

The account of the lynch stoning of Stephen (the first martyr for the cause of Christ) has many lessons for us to glean, but the posture of Jesus, when Stephen sees Him at the right hand of God, is of particular interest. Everywhere else in Scripture, it depicts Jesus (after His ascension and exaltation) as “sitting at the right hand of God”…

Abortion providers use neutral, non-specific and even uncommon terms to explain to their “clients” the nature of the entity in the womb and the procedures necessary to remove that unwanted matter. They use terms like “fetus,” “specimen,” “pregnancy termination,” “intrauterine demise,” “do the termination inside and then remove the pregnancy.” And, yet, the true nature of life in the womb is hard,…

The various generations covering the last 100 years or so have all been given their own names: the “Lost Generation” (1883-1900), the “Greatest (or G.I.) Generation” (1901-1924), the “Silent (or Lucky Few) Generation” (1925-1945), the “Baby Boomers” (1946-1964), “Generation X” (1965-1980), “Generation  Y” or the “Millennials” (1981-2000), “Generation Z” (2000-Present). Do these verses from Proverbs describe you or your generation? “There is…

Have you ever found yourself just “going through the motions”? It can happen with anything. It can happen at work, when you don’t really think about what you’re doing, but you just “go through the motions.” It can happen in your marriage, when you don’t give any thought to what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, but you just “go through…