For over 100 years, man has enjoyed color photography and has perfected (until he perfects it even further) the digital, color image.  However, have you noticed how some of the most striking and eye-capturing photos you see today are well-done black and white images?  Wait a minute!  If man has the capability to produce a crisp, vivid, dynamic full-color photo, why would…

Several years back Waylon Jennings sang, “I’ve spent a lifetime looking for you…I was looking for love in all the wrong places, Looking for love in too many faces…”  I know there are a lot of people who go through life like this – (1) looking for love, but (2) looking in the wrong places.  I think Waylon was on to something,…

The mob wanted to crucify Jesus, and Pilate stood in the position to stop it (or let it happen).  The “politically-correct,” anti-God, anti-church, American “mob” wants to eliminate Christianity and all evidence of Christ from our society.  And, you, 21st-century Christian, stand in the position to stop it (or let it happen). The mob that argued against Pilate was “insistent, demanding with…

Driving through the construction on I-95 this morning got me to thinking – there are all kinds of friends. There are the “dump truck” friends, who just like to dump on you.  There are the “jack hammer” friends, who incessantly chide you until you crack.  There are the “bull dozer” friends, who push you out of the way at times.  There are…

The Israelites were taken captive by the Babylonian empire as the final act of God’s judgment against His sinful nation.  They had turned to idolatry and trusted more in man than they did in God.  They had rejected God from their lives and their hearts, so God rejected them.  After 70 years in captivity, God’s people returned to their land.  When the…

This is a lesson that God wanted Israel to learn.  The first generation that came out of Egypt failed to appreciate all that God had done for them and all that God was promising to do for them.  When the second generation was on the verge of taking the Promised Land, God reminded them frequently that all they had and all they…

In John 6:66, the Bible tells us, “From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.”  Why would folks withdraw from following the Son of God?  Many of the disciples had complained that some of Jesus’ teachings were difficult to hear.  Verse 61 states, “Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained.”  Wow!  How could He…

Have you ever missed an exit while driving down a highway?  It can be very frustrating, especially if the next exit is miles away.  Even when there is plenty of warning (with miles and miles of signs preceding the exit), sometimes our minds wander and we drive right by it. But sometimes missing an exit is a good thing.  (In fact, it…