Around 1920, American author Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. The friends wagered that Hemingway couldn’t write a story using only six words. Of course, he took the dare and they paid up. Incidentally, it’s believed that Hemingway considered it his best work: “For sale: Baby ...

“Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior (Isaiah 43:10b-11 NKJV). I had a wonderful time several years ago visiting the land of Israel. We sailed the breathtaking Sea of Galilee one ...

At first glance, sorrow and joy appear contradictory and incompatible of occupying the same sentence. Yet, Apostle Paul’s epistle to Corinthians proclaimed afflictions lead to joy. He spoke of a godly sorrow (for sin) that produces repentance and a renewed relationship with God (2 Corinthians 7:10). Joy, on the other ...

As most of you are aware, complaining and discontentment are symptoms of a deeper problem. When we find ourselves griping or whining it usually means something else looms large. Sometimes, it’s only an emotional reaction to ‘not getting our own way’. In simple terms, it means unhappy or dissatisfied. To ...

We heard a sermon today in church about ‘books opened’ by the Ancient of Days in heaven concerning judgment (Daniel 7:10). Indeed, strewn throughout scriptures we read of God opening and closing depending on the situation. Thankfully, we serve One who opens the best way where there seems to be ...