Marching Forth!

When discussing passages from the Bible or theology, it is important to define key terms.  There are many common words and phrases which mea...

During a morning walk today signs of activity were all around:  the magpies hopping around looking for feed, galahs sailed overhead, and oth...

The Bible has unexpected encouragement in well-known passages and the more obscure.  I found great encouragement in a passage that is often ...

God's thoughts and ways are past finding out, yet He miraculously reveals Himself to those who trust and seek Him.  The Bible is full of...

There was likely no one more surprised than my dad when I embarked on a career in mechanical insulation.  He remembered very well my aversio...

As a kid at church, I always enjoyed hearing the testimonies of people who had come to Christ.  It was an opportunity to know a fellow Chris...

A main theme in the book of Jeremiah is the need of God's people to repent of sin and return to the LORD.  The fact the prophet address...

It is good for Christians to consider:  how do your thoughts align with truth of God's word?  There can be a condemning voice that has a...

In Jeremiah 2 , God confronted His people for "gadding about" to change their ways.  In the 1828 Webster's Dictionary , he des...

This morning during prayer I turned to the passage in  Psalm 85:6 that reads, " Will You not revive us again, t hat Your people may r...

When people gathered for the annual feasts in Jerusalem, it was a time of rejoicing and celebration.  In the days of Nehemiah after the wall...

" Now see that I, even I, am He, a nd there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal;  n or is there any wh...

" For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one...

Jesus spoke a parable to illustrate how people always ought to pray and not lose heart in  Luke 18 .  He spoke of a persistent widow who con...

" For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God....

It is normal to read a passage of scripture and have no idea what it means because it is God's word and is foreign to us.  With the help...

In the Judges passage we read today at church, the elders of the tribes of Israel placed a curse upon any of the tribes of Israel who gave ...

The last two days I read chapters of Proverbs that mentioned "landmarks" which had been established previously, and how it was wi...

It is possible to know scripture by heart that has yet to impact our hearts.  While people are always on the lookout for something new, it i...

King Solomon asked in  Proverbs 20:9 , " Who can say, 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin' ?"  The answer...