Spiritual Placebos Placebos are fascinating things. A placebo, in medical terms, is an ineffectual treatment for a disease, or other malady, given to the patient for the sole purpose of deceiving the patient. While that seems like a mean thing … Read More
Lessons from Eliphaz In the final indictment of Job by his supposed friend Eliphaz in chapter 22, one thing I noticed is that Eliphaz accuses Job of the following: “Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your … Read More
Fickle and Unfaithful “In the second half of the book of Numbers we continue to see the age-old struggle of mankind striving against God’s will. The children of Israel have defeat snatched from the hands of victory as they call … Read More
Cephas to His Friends Have you ever wondered why the apostles often seemed to have more than one name? Let’s take the apostle Peter, for example. He is sometimes in the Bible called Peter; he is sometimes called Simon; and … Read More
Lessons from 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians is a book every preacher and teacher needs to read at least once a quarter. It is interesting to see how God inspired Paul to both encourage and rebuke the church at Corinth in … Read More