On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City enroute to Seattle, Washington with a stopover in Charlotte, North Carolina. The plane, being flown by two veteran pilots and carrying one hundred and fifty passengers plus three flight attendants, struck a flock of geese less than three…
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“Woo-hoo! We’re in Leviticus!” (Words seldom heard in a Bible study group.) Maybe we could more easily enumerate the reasons we don’t love reading and studying Leviticus: It’s difficult to understand. It’s boring. It’s not relevant. Yes, Leviticus is a challenging book to understand. Boring? Maybe when you compare to other biblical books, like the…
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I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of God. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth and center of my soul as much as I can. While I am so with Him I fear nothing; but the least turning from Him is…
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Can you imagine living in a law-free world—one with no rules, no restrictions, and no limits? We might think such a place would be utopia, but think again. It would be lawless, governed by utter chaos, anarchy, and destruction. We really could not survive in a law-free world. The fact is, God, who is “not…
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With the Red Sea in front of them, mountains on both sides of them, and Pharaoh’s army “coming after them,” the Israelites “were terrified” (Ex. 14:10). From the Israelites’ perspective, they had a very good reason to be afraid. From Moses’ perspective of faith, they had a very good reason to not be afraid: the…
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