What is history? Is it a random accumulation of events, or does it have a specific meaning and direction? The biblical understanding is clear: history has a purpose and is moving toward the return of Christ.

To number our days means to acknowledge that our time on earth is limited. We will not live forever. We have an expiration date. Instead of recognizing the shortness of life...we become me-centric.

God is a just God and He demands that human beings treat one another justly. So why aren’t the Social Justice Warriors of our culture falling back on the Bible as they fight their battles?

There are two errors in the unbiblical notion of “God will never give you more than you can handle.” First, it plays on the cultural virtue of fairness. Second, it points the sufferer inward instead of Godward.

It is no accident that Christ said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”  He did not say they will know you by your politics, your simple living, or your dress.

...The fear of the Lord has fallen upon rather apologetic times, it seems.

...What is the significance of the fire’s being in the bush but not of the bush? It indicates that the fire Moses saw was independent of the bush—it was not using the bush for its fuel.

Working out our salvation entails discovering and believing the truths of Christ revealed by Scripture. Yet it also includes much more, because Christ redeemed not a part of us only but our whole being...

Sometimes, our lives can get so messy that we wonder if God can redeem them. Sinfulness cannot thwart God’s plan. Though the sinner is guilty, the Lord continues in his grace to honor his covenant people.

What is the weight of your soul? Though it cannot be measured by scientific means, it does have a weight of its own. The only way to measure it is to attempt to balance it on a scale against all the world...

...Some Christians have considered their Masonic affiliation to be little more than a harmless brotherhood...They are often unaware that at its core, “Freemasonry is undoubtedly a religion.”

...The Jews traditionally would sing Psalms 115–118 after eating the Passover. The last hymn at the Last Supper would have had significant meaning for Jesus because that psalm prophesied of Him.

The answer is found in the threefold application of redemption...The Bible’s teaching about what has already happened to the Christian, what is happening to the Christian, and what has not yet happened...

In the same way our bodies can get out of shape, our minds can also grow sluggish. The mind is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and we need to keep up our training.

The worldwide Flood is sobering to consider. In Noah’s day, at a real time in actual history, every person on earth was drowned except the eight who were in the Ark. This is the greatest catastrophe in history...