“We have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19).We live in an age of skepticism and doubt, and an age when those of faith in Jesus often pursue a superficial path that is founded more on subjective conjecture than historical evidence.  But...  Read More

How well do you know your Bible?  Can you explain how the Old Testament is different than the New Testament, and how they are the same?  Are you familiar with the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their stories?  Can you give a brief explanation of the story of Moses and the Israelites journeying to the Promised Land?  How was the time of Judges in Israel unique from the time of Kings?  Wh...  Read More

G.K. Chesterton, the British Christian author and apologist of the late 19th and early 20th century, once said, “A dead thing can float with the stream, but only a living thing can swim against it.”  The Chosen series about Jesus starts each episode with a fish changing direction and swimming against the stream. As we close out the book of Hebrews with the 13th chapter, our desire should be to rea...  Read More

We learned in Hebrews 11 that we have the example of many who lived by faith, who endured hardship for the promise of God they would not experience in their earthly lifetime. Hebrews 12 continues with words about the “great cloud of witnesses” who cheer us on in our faith (those mentioned in chapter 11) but representative of all who have gone before and endured for the faith.  It tells us to run t...  Read More

Who were your heroes growing up?  Mine tended to be sports related.  I was a St Louis Cardinal fan, so naturally I liked Stan Musial, but my favorite back in the 60’s was Curt Flood, their small centerfielder.  My love of reading is largely due to sports biographies I read. Musically, I became an Elvis Presley fan while in Jr High, after watching one of his movies; not sure that provided the best ...  Read More

I was intrigued a few years ago with a book entitled, “Why Men Hate Going to Church” (David Murrow, author).  I agreed with much it said.  For me, regular church attendance has been normalized through my growing up years, but for the average man who hasn’t grown up in church, it can be different.  Why?  Because, in all honesty, the typical church service has been feminized a lot.  We sing songs to...  Read More

It’s a normal thing in life that when you stop to think about it, doesn’t feel very normal - a hunter in deer season kills his prize buck, then must do the dirty work, gutting and carrying the carcass to where the blood will be allowed to drain before it is skinned, and the meat processed.  My dad was a quail hunter and although he hunted a lot, often got his limit, and loved to eat quail, the cle...  Read More

“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything” Hebrews 7:1, 2. These words follow the last sentence of Hebrews 6, where we saw that Jesus has entered the inner place (Holy of Holies) as a forerunner on our behalf, a sufficient sacrifice for our sins...  Read More

I remember it well.  We were viewing the inside of St Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.  We had seen Michelangelo’s sculpture “La Pieta” toward the back, went down to see the altar in the front (where St Peter is supposedly buried), then walked down the left side.  Suddenly we were looking at a glassed-in tomb, the preserved remains of Pope Innocent IV (died Dec 7, 1254AD).  Why put this on display?   “Y...  Read More

“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.  In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s Word all over again.  You need milk, not solid food.  Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.  But solid...  Read More

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We live in a technical age.  From the advances of technology in the workplace, to the simple daily routine of checking our smart phones, being “techy” to some degree is needed.  And it deceives us.  Many believe civilization has advanced, or they might say evolved, to a higher level than ever before in history, since we see all this technology that’s been developed.  Some think we’re smarter than ...  Read More