It’s an interesting verse tucked away towards the end of a book tucked away towards the end of the Old Testament. Zephaniah was closing his prophecy in chapter 3, writing about the blessings the people of God, the Jews, will experience in the millennial kingdom of Christ. Someone shared verse 17 with me yesterday, and…
Conspicuous: very easy to see or notice; attracting attention by being great or impressive. That’s a word that hit me between the spiritual eyes this week. I was reading the current chapter in the book we’re going through for our weekly Men of the Word Bible study. It spoke of the showdown between Elijah and…
“Lord, I will follow Thee; but….” That’s what someone said to Christ in Luke 9:61. This well-intentioned man seemed to have the desire to live a life committed to the path of service; that is, until he interjected that little word, “but.” The Lord’s response to his statement of “commitment” was, “No man, having put…
It sounds like an April Fool’s Day joke, but it’s not. I sure wish it was. The state legislature of North Carolina just passed (and rightly so) a bill to counter a shocking decision made by the city of Charlotte. I’m sure you’ve read about that so-called “Bathroom Bill.” In answer to Charlotte’s transgender-backed ordinance,…