“Honor thy father and thy mother.” Most of us have, or had, a mother who was ideal in many ways and is/was greatly loved, appreciated and respected. However, if there is a history of bitterness, abuse, or grudges between you and your mother, it may seem impossible to honor someone who has hurt you so deeply. But God’s plan for families requires you to accept His order of society, and you are to a…

Biblical Boundaries …the boundary of light and darkness. Job 26:10b The Bible is a book of serious boundaries. When Moses was leading Israel in the wilderness, at Mt. Sinai the Lord set a boundary warning that anyone crossing the boundary would die. You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the m…

By Oswald Chambers, @ My Utmost for His Highest (utmost.org) For we live by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians 5:7 At times, we are conscious of receiving God’s attentions; we feel the light of his inspiration shining upon us, and we delight to do his will. But when he begins to use us in ways we don’t like, putting us to work at tasks that seem lowly or unimportant, we take on a pathetic…

Opinion: From Column 1 – Millions Missing Imagine, if you will, a normal day – and in the blink of an eye, a trumpet sounds that can only be heard by certain people. Global panic engulfs the world as hundreds of millions disappear. Frantic news groups scramble for answers as adults, children, and infants cannot be found. As reports of unidentified starships of unknown origins fill the news media…

Sin was not part of the original creation, nor was it decreed by the Creator’s will. Evil is not a created thing—it is not a creature and has no independent being. Evil has no standard as goodness does; it is a lack, a deficiency, a falling short of the standard of God’s perfect goodness. All sin, no matter how trivial it may seem, falls short of moral perfection. God is always consistent with Hi…

MISSING THE TARGET BY STEVE HERZIG FriendsofIsrael.org We believe that sin is anything that does not conform to the character and nature of God. We believe that all mankind sinned in Adam, the head of the human race, and that each human being has a sin nature and also has committed personal sin. So reads The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry’s doctrinal statement. Sin entered the world through Ad…

Compiled from the writings of Oswald Chambers “Devotions for a Deeper Life” “And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” 1 John 2:2. Sin is not merely immorality. Sin is deeper, more massive, more awful. Sin reflects a disposition that refuses to let God rule. We are playing fools around the Cross of Christ to think that Jesus came jus…

No one truly preaches the Gospel unless they preach Jesus and the resurrection. Wherever the disciples went, they preached that Christ died for our sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again, that is, He returned to life, on the third day, according to the Scriptures. There is no Biblical connection between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the common modern traditions related to Easter…

From gotquestions.org Good Friday, also called “Holy Friday,” is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is traditionally celebrated as the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. The death of Christ, commemorated on Good Friday, was unlike any other death. Jesus’ death was truly a sacrifice for sin: “For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe…

The Bible does not specifically mention this day of the week in the accounts of the days before Jesus’ death; sometimes events weren’t necessarily arranged chronologically. Traditionally, it is believed that Jesus spent the day in Bethany. Holy Wednesday, the day when Judas met with the Jewish leaders and was paid 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus, is sometimes called “Spy Wednesday.”  The Bibl…

This was the last day of Jesus’ public ministry and His last day in the Temple. Early that morning, Jesus and His disciples went to Jerusalem from Bethany. They returned to Bethany late that night. Some scholars refer to this as the day of controversy and others as the day of rejection. It was both. They passed the withered fig tree on their way, and Jesus spoke to His companions about the impor…

Palm Sunday is the day in which Christians observe the triumphal entry of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, into Jerusalem. Jesus at last allowed the people to openly recognize Him as their King and their awaited Messiah. Jesus is fulfilling prophecy. The animal on which He rode was the one the kings of Israel rode when they came in peace; and Zechariah’s prophecy had foretold that the coming of…