There comes a point at which God will no longer allow His name to be maligned and profaned and He must act.  Ezekiel prophesied to the Israelites how and why they were in captivity.  In Ezekiel 20, God reminded Israel of how they had rejected Him and rebelled against His ways. “They rebelled against Me and would not obey Me…But I acted…

With the increase of technology has come the increase of Junk Mail!  It used to be that your mailbox (the one in front of your house) was the only depository for Junk Mail (advertisements, solicitations, etc.).  However, with the more technology we have today, the more Junk Mail we receive.  Our email inboxes fill up with Junk Mail!  Some text message services…

Depending on where you place the comma, this sentence could have different meanings:  “Please, help me, please!” or “Please, help me please!”  Our daily prayer to God should not only be to plead for help (cf. Psa. 46:1; Heb. 13:5-6), but we should constantly have on our heart the plea for Him to help us to please!  Now, who are we to…

Can you imagine being the prophet Nathan in the Old Testament?  David was not just any old king, he was a celebrity and a hero.  David was the one who killed the giant Goliath with a sling – everyone would have known that story.  David was the great captain and warrior of whom the women sang, “Saul has slain his thousands, and…

While the Greek word enoikeo itself has no real significance to us, it is interesting to see how this word is used in the New Testament.  The noun oikos is the word for house/home, so when it is made into a verb and then the prefix en is added, the word enoikeo literally means “to home within” or to make something a…

The mighty power of Assyria was threatening the southern kingdom of Judah and its king, Hezekiah.  Hezekiah took the very words that Sennacherib had breathed against Judah and spread them out before the Lord (2 Kgs. 19:14).  He then prayed that God would listen:  “Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear…” (19:16).  Normally, when we would read these words, we would expect…

There are some very successful people in this world, who have taken their natural (or even learned and finely-tuned) abilities and used them to provide a living for their family and to advance through life.  These abilities include specialized knowledge in certain fields and specialized skills in certain works (and the combination of those two things). Some people are good with their…

So, when April 15 falls on a weekend and then Monday is a legal holiday in D.C., the dreaded “Tax Day” gets bumped to April 17.  Two days later.  There are two (at least) very divergent views of these two additional days.  From a filer’s viewpoint, it could be seen as “extra days” to get it done (good for procrastinators).  From an…