I feel certain that all of us with an adult mind carry with us a certain amount of apprehension concerning the fairly near future. Now given the conditions of today's times I wonder how much worse it can get. I know that you wonder the …
We stand today at the threshold of the second half of Christ's seven-year ministry. During its first half nearly two millennia ago, many did not recognize the Messiah as He stood before them. A few did. When He returns, will we recognize …
"Merry Christmas!" "Happy holidays!" Around this time of the year, we hear these greetings and well-wishes frequently in the normal flow of our lives. They are usually accompanied by a warm smile, although the clerk at the mall - her …

(6) Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6, without mentioning a specific worker that Solomon may have observed, presents us with a more balanced approach that we should strive for. Putting it simply, Solomon calls for contentment. One commentator calls this a …
It should come as no surprise that the Day of Atonement is the most unusual holy day of the year. Each holy day has its distinctive traits. For example, the Feast of Unleavened Bread has us eating unleavened bread for a week, and Pentecost has the unusual aspect of counting. But for outsiders, Atonement is just plain weird. They think it very strange that we will voluntarily not eat or drink for an entire day. Of course, in this distinction - called "fasting" or "afflicting our souls" - resides a great deal of the day's spiritual instruction. Fasting teaches us to realize just how …
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