Our eyes go to the earthly things we see. This is our human error. God is near. He is moving. He has filled the Bible and the words of His prophets of each age with gentle reminders that He is at work in and around us. Yet we continue to act as if the things... Continue Reading →
From Christ´s Perspective
Humans are stubborn creatures. We can be told that things are one way and then go on living out our lives as if we never heard it. This would not be so tragic except when it comes to what we hear from God, we should take it seriously enough to make our best attempt to... Continue Reading →
The Teacher´s Word for Today
So many times we read a passage of Scripture and immediately leave those words in the distant past. We read His words of warning or instruction and without thinking about them too much, we brush right by them as if they were meant for other people in some other place or time. The problem... Continue Reading →
Getting to Know God
Many people wonder how on earth they could ever come to know God. We could think of this as a difficult thing to do and in all honesty, it is humanly impossible to do on our own. But, praise God! There is a Way! We can come to know God because He is here! He... Continue Reading →
The Teacher´s Word for Today
We naturally do not like to think of a day of judgment where some will pass the test and others will be sent from the presence of God forever. Our very thoughts of heaven and hell are far too influenced by what we know and see in our world today. But whatever the differences there... Continue Reading →
Opportunities to Turn to God
That we are human and prone to make mistakes is a fact. It is what we do with these setbacks and stumbles that will define us now and forevermore. Even Christians may be tempted to overlook their mistakes or cover them over somehow. However, God knew that we would encounter struggles, setbacks and that we... Continue Reading →
The Teacher´s Word for Today
The flipside of knowing we should do good to those around us and not doing it is that it will one day catch up with us. It is so easy to overlook the needs of the beggar in the street, the drunk outside of the gas station, or the rude person who cut in front... Continue Reading →
Prayers Like Incense
The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. Revelation 8:4 WEB In the Catholic country where a certain family lived, there were candles sold in nearly every supermarket to be burned at shrines or cemeteries. They came in a plastic vase that... Continue Reading →
Do Or Walk?
When we hear the call to Christianity we typically get all fired up and want to jump straight into the Lord´s work as if that were what we were called to Christ for. This would not be a bad thing except that we are fallen beings. We lost our right to stand in the full... Continue Reading →
How to Find God
It may seem too simple, so people may reject it. There are so many experts, so people may think you have to go to them to accomplish the task at hand. There is so much teaching on the process of coming to know God. But, what we so often fail to realize is that any... Continue Reading →
