Beloved young people, we are sheep and we have a Shepherd. This is not true of the majority of young people, who are without a shepherd, have no hope and are without God in the world. Psalm 49:14 says of them, “Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them.” Literally, […]
God often describes His people as sheep. For example, in John 10, the Good Shepherd repeatedly refers to us as his sheep. The theme passage of this year’s convention, Psalm 23, is the familiar confession of sheep. When God calls us sheep, he is not paying us a compliment or flattering us. Rather, he is […]
Early morning light shone on a little girl standing at the end of a driveway. A yellow school bus, with brakes squawking, stopped in front of her. The girl looked back one more time to see her mother waving goodbye from the window of their house. She climbed the steps onto the bus. The steps […]
In the initial article on the subject of the antithesis, we defined it as the sharp and absolute spiritual distinction between between sin and grace, light and darkness, truth and lie, elect and reprobate, God and Satan, Christ and antichrist, believers and unbelievers. We emphasized that it is a spiritual principle, and that its scope […]
Only a boy named David. And yet prepared by God as a boy for his future work, work that included leading God’s people Israel as king, as well as writing Psalm 23, the theme of this year’s convention. It is this preparation of David by God that we consider now. There are especially two events […]
If you have ever been fishing with a rod and line you will know the thrill of getting a fish on the hook and feeling its pull to escape from you. Eventually , God willing, you will have the satisfaction of landing it and even eating it for supper. This feeling is mentioned in Habakkuk […]
As part of the series on different vocations, I have been asked to give some insight into the field of law enforcement. Law enforcement is a field with a wide range of job possibilities. These include non-sworn positions, such as 911 dispatchers, or sworn positions as officers. This article provides a brief overview of some […]
A Redeemer ’s Love His love is as high as the mountain tops and as deep as the ocean is unending. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. My Redeemer and Friend. He took the crown of thorns for me so that I might be saved the shame of defeat. He […]