Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
Solomon wrote, “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” (Eccl. 1:2). Here, God applies vanity to everything in life. The Hebrew means “meaningless.” God’s use of vanity to describe the worth of temporal things of life strikes an unambiguous comparison to God’s eternal blessings. Yet, …
God ordained government for the good of man and “the punishment of evildoers” (I Peter 2:14; Romans 13). However, no government has authority from God to pass laws that violate His Law. As sin has corrupted what God has ordained, human government has failed throughout history to fulfill its ordained …
Reading through Zechariah 3, I could not help from verse 1 to be reminded of those Tom & Jerry cartoons — where Tom had a good angel on one shoulder and a bad angel on the other — where Tom battled with a tug-o-war between choosing to do right or …
Read Philippians 3:13-14 Paul uses his surroundings to teach God’s Word, just as Jesus used parables as word pictures to teach those around Him. He used Roman soldiers to illustrate the Armor of God to the Ephesians and used the Greek games to illustrate running a race to the Philippians. …
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