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Newspapers are myopic. Who, where, when, how. The why is not so easy. Yes, online news is faster, but scripture alone gives us the big picture, giving us a framework of God's plan that calms our souls, reassuring us that the end is in God's hands.
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Making Sense Of It AllJanuary 30, 2012
Where are things headed? Is there rhyme and reason to the endless cycle of summer, fall, winter and spring? Is there a plan in place, or is randomness the explanation?
Suffering Saints
January 25, 2012
We get nervous thinking about it - suffering for the sake of Christ. How necessary is it, and what does it produce in us?
George Herbert on Prayer Meetings
January 21, 2012
Prayer Meetings are a thing of the past. Or so it seems. What has been lost? Maybe more than we realize.
When Fear Is Good
January 7, 2012
NO FEAR, we are told. And the point is well taken. But fear can be healthy, at least when it comes to eternal matters.
Happy, Happy, Happy
January 4, 2012
The declaration of independence holds up the pursuit of happiness as a right. Did you ever consider the reading the bible might be the one source that will never let you down?
The Twelve Signs Of Grace
December 22, 2011
Self-examination is not easy to do. The tendency is to let ourselves off easy. But examine we must, for eternity is at stake.
"Ouch!!"
July 22, 2011
Spiritual pride is hard to detect. Jonathan Edwards gives some tips. The process can be painful, but necessary.
What's Your News Source?
October 19, 2008
...If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Isaiah 8:19-20
This word. The Bible is for our encouragement. It gives us hope. (Romans 15:4) Newspapers don't. Take just one page of my Bible, for example - page 1087. Paul is thrilled with how things are going in Thessalonica, and he lets them know it. And he is hopeful for them. Why? Simply because all the suffering they are enduring is put into the context of God's ultimate purposes. Such as....
They are going to be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, the basis of their suffering.
Accompanied by angels, Jesus will be revealed from heaven in blazing fire.
Those who do not know God through Jesus Christ are in for a very disagreeable confrontation.
Everlasting destruction is their lot. No accessibility to the glorious presence of the Lord will then be possible.
Drawing up our own roadmap without considering God's has disastrous consequences. Listen to Isaiah again....
But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. Psalm 50:10
But for those who have believed, there will be unbelievable joy and exhilaration.
In light of that truth, which only God's word can supply, the ongoing dramas of this world seem insignificant, don't they?
So what to do? Isaiah's final advice. Put down the newspaper and pick up the word of God.
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. Isaiah 50:14
This word. The Bible is for our encouragement. It gives us hope. (Romans 15:4) Newspapers don't. Take just one page of my Bible, for example - page 1087. Paul is thrilled with how things are going in Thessalonica, and he lets them know it. And he is hopeful for them. Why? Simply because all the suffering they are enduring is put into the context of God's ultimate purposes. Such as....
They are going to be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, the basis of their suffering.
Accompanied by angels, Jesus will be revealed from heaven in blazing fire.
Those who do not know God through Jesus Christ are in for a very disagreeable confrontation.
Everlasting destruction is their lot. No accessibility to the glorious presence of the Lord will then be possible.
Drawing up our own roadmap without considering God's has disastrous consequences. Listen to Isaiah again....
But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. Psalm 50:10
But for those who have believed, there will be unbelievable joy and exhilaration.
In light of that truth, which only God's word can supply, the ongoing dramas of this world seem insignificant, don't they?
So what to do? Isaiah's final advice. Put down the newspaper and pick up the word of God.
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. Isaiah 50:14
