A little over a month ago someone forwarded me an e-mail that had been sent out as an advertisement from Arutz-7/Israel National News. The banner headline emblazoned across the top of the AD read: What is your family doing for Sukkoth …
If we are going to meet our overall responsibilities of living by faith and glorifying God by our lives in this world, it is vital that we fully accept the sovereignty of God. This focus centers on our personal witness and growth in the …
God's providence is a subject that few people, even in God's church, have a full grasp on. Most look on it too narrowly. Providence is defined as "the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power." It behooves us to …

(10) I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. (11) He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. (12) I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, (13) and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
(14) I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.
(15) That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.
Among the mysteries that everybody must face is “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” Another version of those questions is “Why was I born?” A partial but probably unsatisfying answer is that, unless God …
This past week, I have literally been sick and tired. I do not know the direct cause of my illness. It is probably due to the stress that always builds this time of year, enhanced by extra speaking assignments, travel, rich foods, decreased exercise, and a handful of other concerns. It may be the result of contracting an illness picked up last week. Whatever the source, I have lost a great deal of sleep and limited my workdays to catching up on the hundreds of emails I ignored for ten days, which has added to the stress. Sickness is part of the human condition. We are biological creatures …
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