Posts from October 2025

Today is a little more difficult for me than others. No, I’m not planning to drown you in selfpity. It’s simply a matter of one of those times in life that we all face. I must put into practice principles I’ve been trying to teach others for a long time. Bad things happen to good people. This is a fact of life. What I’m going through certainly doesn’t qualify for anyone’s top ten lists of bad events. My wife and…

Comfort, yes comfort My people…’ (Isa. 40:1). In the latter years of his life, the future of Israel surely weighted heavily on Isaiah’s mind. Despite his inspired warnings, the prophet knew that Jerusalem would surely be destroyed and her people taken into Babylon. Yet, he could also see something far better on the horizon. Four Servant Songs are found in Isaiah 42-53 which were designed to give hope to Israel. Aspirations of the heathen notwithstanding, Jehovah would raise up His…

Christianity typically does not require leaving every aspect of your former life behind. For instance, it does not advocate your relocating in a remote compound in Montana—as appealing as that might sound at times! However, becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ does demand abandoning any ambitions or positions that create conflict with Christ. When the apostle Paul wrote his second epistle to the Corinthians, he explained his concern for their souls: “For I fear lest, when I come, I shall…