Remember that the Proverbs give us wisdom. One specific area of wisdom is a right understanding of human nature. Hell and destruction (the grave and the place of the departed) are here personified. They never declare, “Enough! We are content!” Rather, people just keep dying! Every day, human beings pass away by the thousands. The […]

“No te jactes del día de mañana; porque no sabes qué dará de sí el día.” Proverbios 27:1 Los proverbios son cortos, pepitas breves de sabiduría que Dios deja caer a través de su palabra. ¿Cuál es la sabiduría de este? ¿Qué es este conocimiento? Tú y yo no sabemos que traerá mañana. En otras […]

“Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1 The proverbs are short, pithy nuggets of wisdom that God drops on us through His word. What is the wisdom of this one? Humility based on knowledge. What’s the knowledge? You and I don’t know what tomorrow will […]

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” 1 John 2:1,2 The […]

This is the word I want to highlight today from Psalm 1. If you have been meditating on this psalm this week, hopefully you have noticed this key word. The Hebrew word translated “blessed” here has an exclamatory tone. “Oh, how happy, how blissful!…” is the idea. Ah, true happiness! What does the Psalm tell […]

“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.” Ephesians 3:16 This verse is a sample of Paul’s profound and loving prayer for the Ephesian saints. It is encouraging and instructive for us. First, the fact that Paul is praying. […]

“I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou […]

I remember a sermon by Lasserre Bradley, Jr. As soon as he announced the title, a big impression was made on me. “What Do You Do When You Leave Church?” was the message. The question was not concerning whether you would take a nap on Sunday afternoon or what you might eat for lunch. Rather, […]

“For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.” 2 Timothy 4:6 Paul wrote these words to Timothy in what is believed to be his last epistle. Paul knew his death was near. In this letter, one can detect an environment of spiritual conflict and opposition to […]

We know that one of the Bible’s common descriptions of followers of Jesus is that they are like sheep. It is well known that sheep are animals prone to fear. Not being under the care of a shepherd can quickly lead to confusion, panic and danger for a sheep. In applying the analogy back to […]