Devotionals

How do we reconcile Deut 5:9 with Eze18?  Deut 5 :9 says that the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation.  Ezekiel 18 repeatedly says this is not so. So the question is this:  does God visit the sins of the fathers on the children to […]

Romans 7:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. When Tim and Jill acquired little Hammy they bought him a nice cage.  Cedar shavings were placed in the bottom so he would have a comfortable aromatic place to sleep.  He had

What’s in your can? Proverbs 17:4,5 say, 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.  5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. KJV The Contemporary English Version says, 4 Troublemakers listen to troublemakers, and liars listen

Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Psychologist, Walter Mischel, performed an experiment which seems very similar to that proposed by Daniel.  Preschool children were told they could have one marshmallow immediately. However, if they would wait while Dr. Mischel ran

 Proverbs 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: Arthur drank, smoked, gambled, and danced his way through the corridors of sin.  During those years he met a young man by the name of Elvis Presley.  Arthur and Elvis played and sang in the bars on Beal Street in Memphis, TN.  But as Arthur

 Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.  Warning:  You probably will not enjoy this devotional. In the United States of Excess the buffet is the favorite meeting place for people of all ages.  The “Church of the Bulging Belly” encourages this sin as much as the

Verse 20  Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only. Our newspapers often report miracles from God that we fail to notice.  One example took place during World War II. Walter Lord wrote in “The Miracle of Dunkirk”

I seldom read the comic strips, but I must admit that my favorite is probably Peanuts.  The first Peanuts comic strip was on October 2, 1950. Charlie Brown, Shermy and Patty were the main characters.  Two days later Snoopy made his debut. Violet Gray was introduced on Feb 7, 1951.  Schroeder came into the relationship

Acts 16:25-34 (26) Verse 26  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one\’s bands were loosed. Does God not deliver one of his people in order to save many more?  Pastor Li would answer, “Yes.” In the

Daniel 6:18-23 (22) Verse 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions\’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. We marvel at stories of God shutting lions’ mouths, stopping the orbit of