”For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?“ Psalm 6:5 NKJV I have seen Christian music videos illustrating someone dying and immediately going to heaven and singing in the heavenly choir. But David in the Psalms is quite clear, along with the rest of Scripture, that … Continue reading –>
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people” Revelation 14:6. Who is this first angel and who are the three angels? Revelation 1:20 says that the seven stars are the seven … Continue reading –>
Monday’s section in this week’s lesson asks the question, “What circumstances might you think of where it could be prudent not to be overt about our faith? Or should we never do that? And if not, why not?” This question reminded me about the story about the unclean spirits and why Jesus told them to … Continue reading –>
In Tuesday’s lesson this week, many find Jesus being rather rude to the woman in Matthew 15:22-28. However, when people text or e-mail us, we do not see the expressions on their faces or sense the tone of their voices. Likewise in this passage we may not see the wink in Jesus’ eye or His … Continue reading –>
Mary, an elderly lady in the Tampa First Seventh-day Adventist Church, where I served as a Bible Worker years ago, told me how she became a Seventh-day Adventist in the early ’30s in British Honduras, now Belize. She was school age, when her little brother noticed a huge tent going up in town. He told … Continue reading –>
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 NKJV Recently while studying the third chapter of John I turned to The Desire of Ages and found a sentence about Nicodemus being startled that also startled me. He was startled at … Continue reading –>
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 NKJV Years ago I was sitting in a Sabbath School class where we were talking about the Good Samaritan. Someone commented that we need to be careful stopping to help strangers today, because now it could be … Continue reading –>
Early in my ministry I found myself talking to a man who felt he was led by the Spirit because he spoke in tongues. However, it was not the Bible version of speaking in tongues, where “every man heard in his own language.” He was speaking things no one understood. He told me about a … Continue reading –>
Are you “wall flower” – someone who at social gatherings spends most of their time standing and watching, rather than participating? Or are you a “lurker” – someone who visits Facebook or other social media and just reads what everybody is saying but don’t contribute to the discussion? Some of us, for good or bad, … Continue reading –>
The late evangelist Ron Halverson told a story of him knocking on a door one night in Harlem, New York. A young woman answered the door. She had grown up a pastor’s daughter, but had become a prostitute. The woman looked at the Bible in Halverson’s hand and said, “I’m not interested!” Quick-witted Halverson responded as she … Continue reading –>
