Monthly Archives: February 2017
Be on God’s Side
Numbers 23:19 (NIV) God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Deuteronomy 32:4 (NIV) He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are … Continue reading
Resurrection
Matthew 28:1-8 (NIV) 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled … Continue reading
Why worry?
Luke 21:34-35 (HCSB) 34 “Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly 35 like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth. Psalm … Continue reading
Works–no matter how perfect–are not enough
Romans 3:20 (NIV) Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. Galatians 2:16 (NIV) Know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our … Continue reading
God’s Word is deeper than a bumper sticker
Job 38:2 (NIV) Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Ephesians 5:6 (NIV) Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. As long ago as the colonial period in our history, Alexis de Tocqueville … Continue reading
Promises you can count on
1 Kings 8:56 (NIV) Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. Romans 4:20-21 (NIV) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise … Continue reading