The best medicine in the Bible — for coping with life in this world — is the book of Ecclesiastes. The preacher (Qoholet) judges this world to be nothing but vanity (Eccl 1:2). Who can dispute that futility is the course of this world? After all, the simple observer is…

My nighttime labor is transporting railroad crews from their trains back to the railroad yard. A crew of two to four men enters my truck each night and the conversations begin. Our subjects vary, but recently they have gravitated toward serial killers and mass shooters. None of us claim to…

The produce department of every grocery store will suddenly increase sales. Gym memberships will also spike. Debt consolidators are standing by. Every product or service advertised will make promises of a changed life, for its prospective consumers, yet, there is nothing new under the sun (Eccl 1:9). The discontent of…

Christians have something to say. They have graciously been given a gift from Almighty God…by His grace. This gift is a knowledge that is illumined by another gift…the Spirit of God Himself (Acts 2:38; 10:45). It is the work of God for one to believe in Him (Jesus), whom He…

God the Father and God the Son sent the Holy Spirit into the world (Jn 14:26; 15:26). The Spirit has always been at work in the world, even in the life of individuals. Following the life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and enthronement of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit was…

Christians must never take the knowledge of the truth for granted. When Jesus comes to find one of His own, it is a new beginning for the one who has been born again (Jn 3:1–8; Rom 6:4; 2 Cor 5:17; 1 Pet 1:3). First, God pours out His love in…

The Lord knows those who are His (2 Tim 2:19). This was aptly demonstrated when Jesus said to a group of Jews in the Temple at the Festival of Lights, “You do not believe because you are not My sheep (Jn 10:26).” There are some who belong to Christ (1…

The human heart is the seat of emotion. My dog dies, and it breaks my heart. In the Bible, the heart is also the seat of our very being. It is not just emotion, but there is also an intellect there. One is said to follow his heart. Together, the…

Bread is basic to most people’s diets. It is common food. We eat bread to continue living. It nourishes the body and satisfies hunger. In God’s design of the human body, He made us hunger. If the digestive system is empty, we have hunger pains. We eat for our entire…