Luke 21:1-4, “And Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in…
When some people today speak about worship, they express it as constantly wanting something new. Their focus is on themselves, not God. They don’t want to be told about sin; they want to leave church feeling positive about themselves. Their focus is not on God’s will or God’s holiness but on themselves. They treat worship…
Why did Eve eat the forbidden fruit? It was because she thought only in terms of the present and the physical. The fruit was pleasing to the eye. The center of Eve’s existence became a tree instead of God. She ended up worshiping the creation rather than the Creator. Lot made the same mistake. Why…
Mark 8:34-38, “And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and…
I remember watching a World War II movie on TV when I was a child. The storyline was seemingly interrupted with these words: “Pearl Harbor has just been attacked.” My Mom came running into the living room from the kitchen with a look of panic on her face. She was reliving a moment from her…