When people need to be cut out of cars after a bad car accident, emergency personnel sometimes use a tool called the “Jaws of Life.” These big cutters can cut away entire car doors to give rescue workers access to people who are trapped. Even when drivers have had wrecks through no one’s fault but […]
Listen to this question from the Bible in Galatians 4:21: “Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?” Galatians 4:21-31 is clear the apostle Paul addressed that question to Jewish teachers who in fact where NOT hearing the law, at least not accurately. An elaborate argument follows […]
During the time Joseph was struggling to reconcile with his brothers, he was also navigating a catastrophe. It’d been two years since the last drop of rain. The sky was endlessly blue. The sun was relentlessly hot. Animal carcasses littered the ground, and no hope appeared on the horizon. The land was a dust bowl. […]
Preachers often urge people to follow and imitate and be like Christ. They are speaking very Biblically when they issue that call. For instance, the apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11:1 — “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” Another passage presenting the same challenge is Ephesians 5:1 — “Therefore, be imitators of […]
The farther you go down in the ocean, the more pressurized the ocean becomes. The farther you go down, the more you will be compressed. If you go down deep enough, the ocean’s pressure will eventually flatten you like a pancake. The deeper you go, the greater the pressure becomes. Several years ago, when the […]
The apostle Paul was driven by a conviction many in the church lack today. A scan of 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 reveals an unquenchable fire burned deep inside his heart — a deep love and compassion not only for Christ but also for the immortal souls of men and women. The text says […]
There’s a story about a king who pardoned two criminals that were on death row. Minutes before they were to be killed for their crimes, he issued the pardon. So just like that, both men could now go free. But the reactions of the two criminals were totally different. The first criminal whose sentence had […]
Every Mother’s Day America takes time to salute and celebrate motherhood. But we are not alone. According to the website finance.yahoo.com., there are 2.2 billion mothers around the world right now, and Mother’s Day is celebrated in 100 countries. There are around 85 million mothers living in the United States right now. In 2022, 84% […]
We always conclude our Wednesday night youth services with a devotional, and one of our young men usually speak. On April 26th, Ian Colwell spoke on the topic mentioned above. I loved his message and asked him for a copy of his notes to share with y’all (Full disclosure, they’ve been edited). Here it is: […]
“It turns out it’s not just in the movies that you can get a huge inheritance from that uncle you never knew about.” Those are the opening words of an October 24, 2022, article by Mack Liederman posted on the internet @ blockclubchicago.org. The long title of the article succinctly summed up its contents: “A Chicago […]