And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding (Daniel 2:21 NKJV).          Christianity by its very nature seeks to preserve the sacred Scriptures and the traditions of the past, and rightly so.  But sometimes our greatest strength can […]

Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the Lord’s presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the Lord’s will for his people whenever he goes in before the Lord (Exodus 28:30 NLT). […]

You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street! (Ecclesiastes 10: 3 NLT)          Solomon tells us that like a dead fly in a bottle of perfume, a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.  The world perpetuates the idea that when you become a Christian you turn off your ability to […]

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind (Ecclesiastes 4:4 NLT).             The writer of Ecclesiastes is looking at life “under the sun.”  He is excluding from his discussion heaven and hell.  He concludes that “all is vanity” and life […]

 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? 10. But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives.  I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”  (Jeremiah 17:9-10) God judges on two levels; the action and the secret motive […]

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
 and your judgment as the noonday (Psalms 37:6 NASB).  The great commentator Matthew Henry once wrote, “If we are careful to keep a good conscience, we may leave it to God to take care of our reputation.”  We get it wrong.  We have a tendency to […]