The Lifter of My Head
It’s likely that some of you feel like you barely made it through the holidays. It was your first year without a loved one around the table. The unwanted divorce loomed on the horizon. Unemployment kept you from buying those…
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THE FIRST GOSPEL PROMISE
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel (Genesis 3:15). Genesis 3:15 is a key verse of the whole Bible. The…
Let’s Study the Beatitudes! Part 4, The Meek
An ancient proverb says: “We must howl with the wolves, because the wolves will immediately devour everyone who makes himself a sheep.” Such worldly wisdom tickles the ears of all who despise the meekness of Christ’s kingdom. It is despised…
Martin Luther and Stinkering at Satan
Legend has it that the great Reformer Martin Luther once threw an ink well at the Devil who had been incessantly accusing him.[1] Whether or not this is true, Luther certainly had remarkable fits and fights with the ancient foe…
Satan’s Propaganda War
The book of Ezra is notoriously difficult to read, let alone preach; but it is there in the canon of Holy Scripture to edify and equip the saints (2Ti 3.16). Whereas, at one level, it provides a crucial link in…
A Walk of Unbelief: Ephesians 2:1-3
A Walk of Unbelief: Ephesians 2:1-3 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – Laozi Every story has a beginning. In many stories, the protagonist lives an idyllic –albeit plain– existence until some exogenous influence disrupts…