Posts from November 2024

Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated once again this coming Thursday by millions of Americans in this country and around the world. It has become a special day for families all over the nation to come together every year for a delicious home-cooked meal and a period of renewing family ties. It should also be a special time to thank our heavenly Father for all the bountiful blessings He provides in our daily lives, as well as being thankful for the…

In Paul’s last epistle, he wrote of certain people who would be “always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim. 3:7). We see the same problem in our age—students of the Bible, even scholars, who fail to grasp some of the simple truths of God’s word. The next verse explains the reason: “…so do these also resist the truth, men of corrupt minds…” (v. 8). They could not learn the truth because they…

Life is made up of decisions—physical, material, and spiritual. There are the daily, routine decisions such as when to get up and go to bed, what we will wear, and what we will eat. We decide where we will shop and how much we will spend. There are lifetime decisions such as education and career, who we will marry, where we will live, and how we will rear our children. And there are spiritual or eternal decisions involving the soul.…

Jesus said, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matt. 5:16) His followers must always keep their light burning and should never allow anything to hide it. This does not mean that we should go around calling attention to the good works we do, but when we are engaged in them from day to day, those around us will naturally see them. We must not seek to…