Did you know that false teachers can appear more serious about the truth than people who are seriously seeking the truth? And a greedy false teacher is a very dangerous person; even more than any other greedy person. They are more concerned about...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you walked into a nursing home with a plate of cookies, and were killed for it, you still would not generate the same bewilderment as was generated by the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Why would they want to murder HIM? The Jews were irate...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
On a Friday night, Jesus arrives in Bethany. He is preparing to fulfil God's prophesy given through Daniel. The King is going to enter Jerusalem, a critical city in the Bible. Having seen the when and where, of what Luke is narrating, we now come...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Children of God in a Crooked and Depraved Generation An Encounter with Evil on a South African farm on 5 December 2018. Alan Lester My feet trod swiftly in my trusty fifteen-year-old Rockys1 along the long two-track driveway, away from our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
You struggle with fear. Agreed, some people do have a more fearful disposition. But as a Christian, an entirely different phenomenon is in force. God the Holy Spirit both lives in your and works in you to change you! With such power at work in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Fearing people and trusting God are incompatible. The fear of people is a false trust. It says that if people think I'm unsuccessful, then I am unsuccessful. That is why people fear gossip so much. It strikes at their God. Fear manifests in both...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Wisdom is the key to a godly and productive life. Solomon, whose net worth would dwarf the rich men of the modern world, claims that wisdom is worth more than wealth. Knowing how to get it is therefore critical. Our greatest obstacle to developing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God wants you to know wisdom and to understand insight. This is necessary because people are automatically geared to folly. Wisdom, in Proverbs, is the ability to implement what you know to be right. To do this is to make progress in life easier....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is something in the human heart that simply won't accept that it is as bad as God says it is, and that they need God's salvation as much as they do. Even Jesus' disciples had a hard time understanding this. Jesus is exalting people who are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
You will not understand the beauty of salvation until you understand your need for it. Jesus tells a parable about a man who had a remarkable track record for keeping God's law. He was a Pharisee. he prays with gratitude and he highlights the good...[ abbreviated | read entire ]