Haggai 2:10-19 Does a holy vessel make holy that which it touches? No. Does an unclean person make the priest unclean? Yes. Holiness is not transferable. Therefore we must learn the difference in the “clean and the unclean.” I. The meaning of cleanness. A. Cleanness is a critical principle in OT religion.1) Laws on cleanness […]

In essence, I Samuel 8 relates the conversation of Samuel and God concerning Israel’s desire for an earthly king: Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king […]

Isaiah 5:20In God’s creation of the world, we see the statements in Genesis 1 that God saw that it was “good.” Hebrew (tov) (Gen. 1:4,10,12,18,21,25). Then in verse 31, He says that it was “very good” or “excellent.” Hebrew (tov m’oth). Here God is making a statement about creation. He is saying that His creation […]

ONE’S THOUGHTSTo me the thinking process of man is an extremely complex subject. “Thoughts” are seldom without history—in other words, they are built from the collected data of one’s experiences, emotions, and general and specific learning, etc. and this hodge-podge of inputs influences a composite of “thoughts” that continue to be filtered by the same […]

Acts 2:36-41I. There are numerous books, slideshows, inspirational speakers, and programs that claim to have a magic formula for modern church growth.II. Some Modern Charismatic Methods: Change the packaging and people will comeThe new packaging is all about replacementTrue Or False – Do we need a:. • A ‘stage’ with a moveable acrylic glass lectern […]

The Bible’s first statement is an authoritative statement of fact; “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” That statement is not asking for approvals or debate, it merely states a matter of fact. Yet, from time immemorial, it has been debated, scoffed at, ridiculed, intellectually reasoned over by many and simply believed […]

It’s not the “how” that most of the time troubles us, no, it is the “why” that often troubles and even, at times, torments us. Some people, who are usually devoid of spiritual things, attempt to answer life’s difficulties by saying that the reason that bad things happen to good people can be explained by […]

There is a fine balance of mind and spirit that the redeemed can find, when contemplating the issues of life. From the reading of Job 1:21, a saying developed and is shared as common wisdom: “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away”. The usual venue for the recitation of this extra-biblical phrase is the […]

Biblical authority structures are often the subject of significant ridicule. Some of it is self inflicted in the past, in the present, and to be sure, will be in the future. It’s earthly origins, however, were explicit in the role that authority was intended to have reign. It was in the roles of the family […]

The idea of spiritual authority is a curious thing. Ephesus was a place where Paul would mark the rights and wrongs of it and emphatically declare the exercise of it as it ought be. The first thing he speaks of in the realm of Apostolic authority is to the men in their natural environment, the […]