Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
This is just a brief ponder for those who think any English Bible version is OK. There are many statistics you can search and see the vast number of changes that most Bible versions make, supposedly with the intent of easier reading then the KJV. A major problem is the …
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 teaches, “though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” This is important in understanding that blessings are not a physical guarantee for the outward man but spiritual for the inward man. As we age, if this is not put in heavenly …
Read Ecclesiastes 1 — the preacher comes across as a pessimist. In 1:2-4, everything is empty and worthless, life is meaningless and without hope or purpose. In 1:5-7, everything in nature continues, century after century, while man is here for just a brief time. The preacher paints a bleak picture …
Most people are desperately attempting to live, while missing the true meaning of life. They seek meaning in their possessions, through their pleasures and by their own power. Their wheels spin out of control with no direction or destiny because they deny the key ingredient, God, and rely wholly on …
Hope is something everyone seeks, but life has a way of striking hard, leaving us at the end of our hope — a lost loved one, circumstances too heavy to bear, a health crisis, or simply aging. We find ourselves stuck, unable to see a way forward, feeling all alone …
We all know how easy it is to innocently look prideful. President Ronald Reagan wrote about a speech he gave in Mexico City: “After I had finished speaking, I sat down to rather unenthusiastic applause, and I was a little embarrassed. The speaker who followed me spoke in Spanish—which I …
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