The Need for Benevolent Christians Personified wisdom declares plainly that a righteous, godly person is one who is benevolent (Prov. 14:21, 31; 19:17; 28:27; 29:7). Whenever we place material things first in our lives, we will find covetousness, greed and … Read More
John 17 – The Longest N.T. Prayer In a real sense this is the “Lord’s Prayer.” It is the longest recorded prayer in the New Testament. And in it, Jesus prays first for Himself (vs. 1-5), then for the apostles … Read More
Do You Have a Heart for Devotion? Someone once said, “I know that we are expected to keep the Lord’s commandments, but I have a hard time wanting to. It just seems to take too much effort to be a … Read More
I have been thinking a lot lately about sin and it’s consequences. Because of Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden every man suffers. We are not responsible for his sin and will not answer for it, neither do we … Read More
Psalm 119 is an interesting piece of scripture. Not only does it have the distinction of being the longest “chapter” in the Bible with 176 verses, but it is divided into twenty-two sections with eight verses each and begins with … Read More