The first time you read the word “night” in the Bible is on Day One of Creation. God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3), and “God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night” (1:5). When it wasn’t day (i.e., light), it was night (i.e., dark). From the beginning of time, man has always known of the dark of night. Man has experienced…

This illustration may fall flat with the younger generation. Do you remember the analog radios and how you would turn the knob ever so slowly to dial in your station just right? Do you remember as you drove further from the signal how you might start to hear some other station playing completely different music but was mixed in with the song from your…

From the book of Exodus through the book of Joshua, the Bible reader learns of a special relationship that God initiated with the children of Israel. He brought them out of Egyptian slavery and into the beautiful land of Canaan. They had so much going for them. Then, you get to the book of Judges. Seven times in that book, you read “the children of…

When I begin to think it’s all about me and that people should focus on me and do what’s best for me…are there perhaps some other things I should consider? Am I aware of the needs of others around me? Do I recognize that there are others around me who are seriously hurting—physically, emotionally and spiritually? Do I realize that I am not perfect and…

Have you ever sent an email or text and then thought, “I shouldn’t have done that…I shouldn’t have said that”? It is so easy today to say things to others—with the simple tap-tap-tap on a keyboard or device—that we should not say at all, and things that we would not normally say with our mouth in person.  The same verses that apply to…

“I think I should talk to people about the gospel. I think I should invite people to worship. I think I should ask someone if they’d like to have a Bible study. I think I should check on and encourage folks from church. I think I should tell the elders how much I appreciate what they do. I think I should study my Bible more often and…

There was something that God thought was pertinent for man to know throughout the ages about the Athenians. It was not something that was flattering by any means, but a grave concern in the eyes of God—enough to inspire Luke to write about it. The Athenians wanted to hear Paul’s so-called “new doctrine,” because “all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent…

There is certainly nothing wrong with having earthly treasures, but that is not the same thing as “laying up treasures.” The act of “laying up treasures” is a deliberate and persistent effort to (1) focus one’s life in a particular direction, (2) devote one’s time and effort toward a particular end, and (3) seek the reward that comes from these efforts. Jesus makes…