Paul's first letter to the church in Thessalonica was overall very positive.  He praised their faithfulness (I Thessalonians 1:2-10) and dedication to God's word even in persecution. (I Thessalonians 2:13-16)  This is noteworthy, because so many of the New Testament epistles have the occasion of correcting wrong behavior or addressing error.  The church in Thessalonica was on a much better track.

When he was encouraging them, however, he gave them some things in which they needed to “excel still more.” (I Thessalonians 4:1)  This means they were to do the things they had been, but more and be even better.  This…

To deal with ballooning inflation rates, recently Venezuela tried to deal with the problem by removing 5 zeros from the ends of its bolívar notes, which is the national currency.  The socialist country is experiencing such deep financial woes, to purchase a cup of coffee takes near 2 million bolívars.  This problem is primarily due to the country’s solution to dealing with financial woes in recent years has been to print more money, but not improve the economy on the whole, thus causing hyperinflation. There is no real increase in value.

Since all value in our physical world is assigned by…

With the recent immigration debate, much has been made about the intersection of faith and politics.  While it is right that all of us who choose to have political insight, or engage in the process should be letting our faith guide us, we must still be careful to be authentic and consistent.  We must let our actions and communication be guided by our faith and the truth of scripture, instead of letting political opinions and leanings determine how we follow Christ.

When we seek to engage in political discussions, or even decide to exercise our right to vote to make an…

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    I’m sure we all agree it would be unusual for any one of us to awake tomorrow, hop in the car and drive off with no destination in mind. It might even be a stranger occurrence for us to drop by the ticket counter at Hobby Airport and purchase a ticket for a flight to nowhere in particular, or climb aboard a ship at the Port of Houston headed to an unknown land, sailing along an unknown route. We would not take the above actions because we want to know where we are headed and how we are going…

Exodus 13:17 – 15:21

Although the Israelites could have left Egypt and taken a more direct route to eventually reach the promised land, they did not. The Lord took them in a direction that was indirect and probably appeared to be a “road to nowhere” But while the people may have thought they were going nowhere, God was taking them somewhere. He took them in a direction where: His power would be displayed (by the crossing at the Red Sea), they would not become afraid, turn around and go back, and where they would learn to rely on Him. He would…

Point of View It is not uncommon for people, when approaching the Bible, to take the point of view that the verse in question,regardless of which verse is in question, is meant for someone else and not for them. Sometimes … Read More →

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Conversations with God’s Words For there to be meaningful conversations, both the speaker and the listener must use the same definition of words as they speak. If this does not happen confusion will always be the result. An illustration of … Read More →

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