Remembering my high school days in study hall, I must agree with Gregory. I can recall 'reading' page after page in a book and being unable to remember a single idea from the book because my mind was on a basketball game to be played that night. The book didn't occupy my attention because I, at the…

As the people of Judah were led away to Babylon, the prophet Jeremiah told them to expect a lengthy stay — to build houses, plant crops, have children, and live productive lives (Jeremiah 29:1-7). And despite the hardships and heartaches of being in a strange land, most Jews adjusted quite well to life in Babylon. During their seventy years there they adopted Babylon’s lunar cal­endar and its language of Aramaic. They worked, engaged in commerce, and prospered, with some even rising to high positions in government, like Daniel or Mordecai. As Walter C. Kaiser observes,…

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WHY I NEED JESUS
(Mike Willis)

I am a man. I am not an emotional cripple. I am not in severe financial straits. I am not about to go through a divorce. I am not having trouble with my children. As a matter of fact, from every outward point of view, I seem to have things going pretty well for me. I have a good education. I have a beautiful family - a lovely wife and a boy and girl. We live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. We drive reasonably…

    As November begins, hunters here in Texas will take to the woods. For many of us, hunting is much more than just harvesting an animal. It’s about being in the fresh air, the sun rising over a dew-covered field, birds chirping and your son or daughter beside you all adding up to make the perfect hunt. As many fellow hunters know, nature has a certain way of getting to you. When you are in the woods, you escape the troubles of your daily life and feel closer to God as you take in His wondrous creation all around you.…

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Psalms 2 speaks of the Lord’s Anointed One who will crush the foes of God with a “rod of iron… like a potter’s vessel” vs 9.  This sentiment is echoed in Revelation to the church in Thyatira where it says, “he will rule them with a rod of iron” Rev 2:27.

We are also told the Lord’s chosen servant, Isaiah 42, is one who “will not cry aloud or lift up his voice… a bruised reed will he not break” vs 3.  Indeed, it seemed as Jesus lifted the faint hearted by healing them, the Pharisees created more and…

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     Jesus encourages honesty in His disciples.  In Jesus’ time, the prevailing practice is to use oaths to bolster credibility (I swear by the temple!) and occasionally to lie freely (I swore by the altar, not the gift on the altar, so I don’t have to keep it!)  So He teaches His disciples not to take oaths at all.  “Let what you say be simply, ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil”(Matt 5:37).  Followers of Jesus must develop a reputation for honesty so that our “yes” or “no” will be believed.

    This means we will need to…

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