Oh, let me knowThe power of Thy resurrection;Oh, let me showThy risen life in calm and clear reflection:Oh, let me soarWhere Thou, my Savior Christ, art gone before;In mind and heartLet me dwell always, only, where Thou art. Oh, let me giveOut of the gifts Thou freely...
“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2:2 In Washington DC, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, there is an elaborate ceremony that takes place at appointed...
“What is His name and what is His Son’s name, if thou canst tell?” Proverbs 30:4 Some proverbs solve riddles for us, while others present them. Proverbs 30:4 confronts us with an unsolvable riddle, unsolvable until the arrival of the first Christmas. Then like the...
God’s People in the Age of Entitlement Just as history has termed the 17th century “The Age of Enlightenment,” the times of Malachi may accurately be called “The Age of Entitlement.” As if casting a shadow into the distant future, the attitudes rampant in Malachi’s...
It was later spring, 2021. My wife Linda had slowed down to short walks from a battle with terminal cancer and I noticed that I was easily getting winded from much exertion. So, I returned to the gym. On June 25, 2021, I arrived at the gym after 10:30pm. Only two...
“I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” Originally founded in 1995, Know the Word Ministries was first known as Honey Rock Ministries, based on the verse from Psalm 81:16: “With honey from the Rock, I should have satisfied you.”...
The wonder that God was manifested in the flesh! The Scriptures affirm that Christ is the eternal Son of God, an equal member of the Godhead (John 1:1; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3). The Bible also teaches that the Father sent the eternal Son into time, with Christ taking upon...
The subject of church discipline is not a pleasant topic. It is rarely talked about, almost never preached, and even more infrequently applied.1 Despite the neglect, it is a biblical doctrine exemplified in the Old Testament and taught and practiced in the new. In...
“Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.” 1 Timothy 2:8, NASB Introduction This brief article is not about women’s role and ministry in the church. Instead, the scope of the article is limited to the...
An Old Testament event may help us better understand the truth of the sealing of the Holy Spirit (Jer. 32:6-15). Jeremiah was in prison for his faithfulness to the Lord in prophesying that Jerusalem would be besieged and taken captive by Babylon. At this hopeless time...
Bible Study Tour Study the Bible while visiting the sites relatedto the event or Bible verses. Walk the sites of the 7 churches described in the Book of Revelation. Come join them for this exciting 2+ week tour in 2024. They will visit Israel and Turkey, study God’s...
Down from heaven He came, that sacred place,The Son of God to seek and save the human race.What distance travelled can’t be measured in miles,To reach a world so controlled by Satan’s wiles. He was not born in a palace, the home of kings,But in a stable where little...
It is truly wonderful to witness the transformation that takes place when someone comes to know the Lord. I for one have seen the undeniable evidence of many lives dramatically changed to the glory of God. For years, I worked at a Christian conference center and...
2 Timothy 4 A lot of water had passed under the bridge of the apostle Paul’s spiritual life by the time he wrote these words in 2 Timothy 4. Writing from the Mamertine prison in Rome, Italy, Paul used his dungeon cell as a pulpit, sharing with Timothy important truths...
I recently suffered a sports injury that acutely drove home a spiritual truth to me. After tearing the anterior ligament on my right ankle, I learned, very painfully, the truth that we are all members of one body, and that each member has a vital role to play. In the...
Sharing the Gospel through YouTube Advertising For many, YouTube is an everyday part of life and has become a household name. Originally, it was created as an on-line video sharing platform, but in time, it became a search engine for all types of media content....
I was born in Ottawa, ON, Canada on February 23, 1943, in the middle of World War II. I was my mom’s first child, and the first grandchild of my dad’s parents who we lived with all during the war. For a time, I was the “fair haired boy,” that is until my dad who had...
The foundation for a well-functioning society was established by God in Genesis 1. In the beginning of our Bibles, we find answers to important questions such as: What is life? What is the origin of life? What is gender? What is marriage? What is work? Clearly, the...
If we want our assemblies to be alive, our worship must be alive, and in turn, so must our music. Many will agree that music reaches and expresses our deepest feelings more powerfully than words alone. Our worship is redeemed man’s loving and living response to God,...
John 14:19-26 In this passage we find our Lord instructing us concerning worship, “the Christian’s highest occupation,” to borrow a definition from the title of A. P. Gibb’s classic work on the subject.1Given the fact that we gather for worship each Lord’s Day...