The Law of God has fallen into disrepute.  Not only is there no appreciation for the moral law in the world but, also in the church, there is more and more a de-emphasis of the Decalogue.  Often a few words of summary are sufficient and the details of the Law of God are given no […]

“By swearing, and lying, and killing…” The world is full of it.  Daily killings continue in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, in Sri Lanka, in Honduras, and Nicaragua.  But in our own land the crime of murder is appalling!  “Four (4) times as many Americans will be killed by abortion as by cancer…; 10 […]

John Calvin once described the inner motivations of people in this way, “The poor yield to the rich, the common people to the nobles, the servants to the masters, the ignorant to the scholars; but there is nobody who does not imagine that he is really better than the others.  Everyone flatters himself and carries […]

  Remember… Thy Creator, God, Who fashioned thee And gave thee breath to praise Him endlessly   Remember… In the days of youth That He is Wisdom, Light and Truth   Before thou find the days of youth have flown And sorrowing, turn to reap what has been sown. Remember.

In this competitive world it seems as though everyone is looking for an advantage.  When the 10-year old boy challenges his younger brother to a race, the smaller boy responds, “Do I get a head start?” In a different setting, a man seeking a particular job in competition with other applicants also looks for an […]

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Matthew 13:45, 46. Among all the treasures that we as people of God possess, the foremost of these is our God Himself. […]