At this point in my life, I have preached thousands of sermons. I don’t have words adequate to express how it makes me feel when someone comes up to me and mentions the title of a sermon I preached, or some of the actual content of that sermon, and how it continues to impact their…
One of the Beatitudes says, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5) Today, we equate meekness with being shy and timid, even weakness. But the biblical concept of meekness is more closely related to gentleness or humility. When a powerful person sets aside their power and acts humbly and gently…
A few of you my age will probably know where that title came from, but for those who don’t, I’m not talking about a song from 1972, but rather a TV program from 1963. Happy Googling! As strange as it may seem to some, I see that idea being lived out in Luke 10:38-42, “Now…
Acts 2:46-47, “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.” When we think back to…
You can read Revelation chapters two and three and miss this, but it piques my inquisitive mind and makes me pause and wonder why. In the letters to the seven churches of Revelation, Jesus is not identified as the “Son of God” until the fourth church, and this is the only church where He is…
After writing the two previous devotionals, I remembered an old song that I haven’t heard in many a year. It’s about judgment day. The name of the song is “Sorry, I Never Knew You.” I’m sure the song was based on what Jesus said in Matthew 7:23. The words of Jesus and the song are…
Revelation 5:4-5, “I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its…
Luke 21:25-28, “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the…
John 18:18, “Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.” John 21:9, “As soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and…
In Daniel chapter 2, God gave Nebuchadnezzar, a pagan king, a glimpse of the last days. Daniel was called to interpret the dream. He told Nebuchadnezzar that the head of gold on the statue in his dream represented him and his Babylonian kingdom. It seems this revelation swelled Nebuchadnezzar’s head to the point that he…