There are several ways to grow in wisdom, and there are even different kinds of wisdom. However, the best way to get wisdom in our lives is to ask God, to read His Word, and to begin applying it to our lives. God is the best teacher! Not only does He know all things, but He knows how to speak to ...

We tend to idolize people who have lots of money. It’s all too easy to think that people must have made their millions due to their intellect and wisdom. The Bible doesn’t buy into this though, it tells us that sometimes money and wisdom are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Wisdom does not equal...

We all know how to make comparisons. We often compare things like right and wrong, good and bad, ugly and wholesome. However, a major problem occurs when we begin to tear down the standards by which we judge things. Changing our standards results in a diminishing of the good, the right, the whole...

We live in a time when it seems like the truth is very hard to find. There are so many voices speaking opposing opinions very confidently. But does effective communication make something true? I’m old enough to remember the days when the evening news gave an overview of what happened in the world...

It is easy to want more. Especially in these times of economic difficulty, it is tempting to believe that if we had even a little bit more, we would be content. When we pay attention to those who do have more, is that what we see? Is there a decrease in anxiety, fear, depression amongst the wealt...

Just because we are comfortable does not mean we are right. Because we are human, our various cultures are cultures of sin. Way too often, we justify our cultural sin because it is comfortable to us. This is a trap! It’s a trick. As we read Proverbs we’ll see statements about cultures of sin, and...

We are always saying something, whether we are speaking or not. What we do, speaks about what we really believe to be true. The expression of our lives, if examined, clearly speaks to who we believe God to be. Fortunately, as Christians, we are not alone in making our decisions. The Bible promise...

A righteous person is typically defined as someone who is in good standing with the law and follows it. They can also be seen as moral, noble, and just. In other words, when we call someone “righteous”, we mean to identify that someone with an upright, moral character. But what happens when a per...

How is it possible to pursue life, liberty, and happiness without God? While there are some who would answer that question by saying ‘we are happily living without Him’, the question is: Is our happiness eternal? Does the pursuit of happiness end when we die? Or worse yet: Does it end when we’re ...

One thing we ought to keep fresh in our mind is just how foolish this world truly is. Many would say that Hollywood has some of the most powerful people in the world—next to big name politicians and businessmen, Hollywood is the most influential. But is it really? In the grand scope of life etern...

A recent survey conducted by the United Kingdom Bible Society asked men and women ages 18-24 if they attended church. They discovered that only 4% attended church in 2019, but the number of attendees grew to 12% in 2024. Church attendance had increased by 8%. To further understand the trend, they...

The Song of Songs, also called the Song of Solomon, is an ancient romantic poem about the bridegroom, King Solomon, and his bride, the Shulamite woman. Marriage imagery is often symbolic of God’s relationship with His people. This has led some scholars to believe that Solomon’s poem is a propheti...

What does it mean to be lost? Some people equate being lost to feelings of despair or loneliness. But being lost is so much worse than feeling down and out––it is the absence of purpose. In Song of Songs 5, we hear the Beloved and the Shulamite speak to one another. Their hearts are full of feeli...

Evil, in whatever form it comes, is clearly a judgment from God. But crime has its cost. We are all born into evil, as the human race, and there is nothing we can do about that. It has been this way since the very beginning. But God has called men and women from all over the world to repent and f...

The Bible has been misinterpreted and misrepresented many times throughout history. The Word of God is written by the Holy Spirit—the true presence of God. The Holy Spirit guides and helps us to read and understand the Bible correctly; these are His Words and He defines them.
Isaiah knew that tru...

The return of Israel! This has happened in the past eighty years. The nation that was once destroyed has been revived and is alive again (EZEKIEL 37). This is prophesied several places in the Bible, but in Isaiah 14 the Word of God highlights a fascinating trend with specific details that make th...

When Isaiah begins to speak about a time when the city of Damascus will be destroyed as a city, no more to be inhabited, he is talking about the time that Aram was destroyed. Aram was represented by Damascus and was defeated and obliterated in 732 BC. Remember that Israel was taken down in 722 BC...

When the LORD has pronounced His judgment in any situation, you cannot escape. That is exactly what Isaiah prophesied in chapter 20 of his book. And in Isaiah 18:3 he declares, “All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth: When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it; And whe...

The prophet Isaiah wrote a prophetic song for us to sing when Jesus Christ returns to defeat the great dragon, judge the world, and reign for a thousand years. This will happen after seven years of tribulation, which, I believe, will soon take place. Tribulation means trouble, and while most peop...

Many are afraid of the future. Less people are excited about the future. The evil in our hearts always finds a way to snatch that hope within us and take advantage of our fears. The prophet Isaiah wrote about a similar problem nearly three thousand years ago. He told the people of Judah to stop p...

Those who are evil in their hearts never understand how God works through them. But the LORD does. Often, God uses evil to judge and destroy powers and societies that are set up against Him. That is what happened to Israel. Hezekiah had created a massive revival or return to the LORD. Now the ult...