Considering the apostle Paul's soldier metaphors in Ephesians 6 and II Timothy 2:3-4, it is evident that the standard of behavior for a soldier is higher than that of a civilian. The Army Field Manual emphasizes that a good soldier must …
At the very core of the gospel message is the assurance that Jesus Christ will return and establish His Kingdom on earth. Our hope is in His second coming because we recognize that we need His merciful intervention before humanity wipes …
People the world over are plagued by addiction. Countless individuals struggle with their addictions to street drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, and tobacco. Many will not admit it, but huge numbers of people in our fast-paced world …

(29) Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. (30) And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. (31) But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” (32) And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” (33) Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. (34) And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
How did Esau come to be of a mind that he could sell his birthright so easily? Can we follow the same path but in a spiritual sense? What must we do to cherish rather than despise our far more glorious inheritance? What Esau despised …
About six millennia ago, two systems, two ways of living, briefly competed in the Garden of Eden when the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, chose to disbelieve God and go their own way. The Noachian Flood occurred roughly 1,650 years later. More than a hundred years later, another event confirmed our first parents’ choice for the post-Flood world. Paul states plainly in Romans 8:7, “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.” By the time of the Flood, this carnal mind produced a society where “every intent of the thoughts of …
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