Background Considerations Since aging and death await us all, what is the point in believing in an Eternal God? As the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes is nearing the end of his book he...
Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle
April 30, 2011
Background Considerations Do you feel confused by some puzzling statements about life from the Book of Ecclesiastes? Are you tempted to be inactive because life sometimes does not make sense? Ecclesiastes 11 teaches that neither...
Background Considerations What do people mean when they say that one rotten apple ruins the whole barrel? Since ancient times, people have come to realize the power of influence. The author of Ecclesiastes states that...
Background Considerations Why are we so sensitive to acts of injustice? Deep within us there is a voice that tells us when something is not just or right. The author of Ecclesiastes, once more, talks...
Background Considerations Have you heard people when commenting about events around them say: “It’s all about power.” Jesus once said: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high...
Background Considerations If you were given choice between money, on the one hand, or wisdom, on the other, which one would you take? Proverbs 4:7 says: “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost...
Background Considerations How should we view death: As an evil or as a blessing? In our culture today there are different views on what happens to us when we die. Most often people talk of...
Background Considerations How are we to relate to painful experiences we sometimes have to go through? Can they teach us some profound dimensions of life? American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote: “Ecclesiastes is the greatest single...
Background Considerations Have you ever lived in a culture in which people explain all life’s coincidences by saying: “It was written (that it should happen that way).” Among the neighboring nations of ancient Israel, there...
Background Considerations Human lives are filled with complexities and apparent contradictions. Certain biblical passages talk straight about life’s toughest issues. The author of Ecclesiastes asks his readers: “Isn’t life meaningless since in the end we...
Background Considerations What happens when we overvalue our accomplishments in wisdom, wealth or pleasure? The author of Ecclesiastes was very successful in life and he claims to have tasted pretty much everything that life has...
Background Considerations Does life have a meaning? I have known some people who would never dare to ask this question. Some of those people are very religious. Yet, there are parts of the Bible that...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Jesus Mingled with People
July 30, 2016
The Priority of the Promise
July 29, 2017
The Curse Causeless
October 29, 2016
Jesus in the Writings of Peter
May 13, 2017
The Character of Job
December 17, 2016
The Church Militant
March 12, 2016
The Cosmic Controversy
March 31, 2018
Josiah’s Reforms
November 14, 2015
Symbolic Acts
October 31, 2015
Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter
June 17, 2017
Lessons from Jeremiah
December 19, 2015
Ministering Like Jesus
August 15, 2020
Sharing the Word
August 8, 2020
Unlimited Possibilities
August 1, 2020
Spirit-empowered Witnessing
July 25, 2020
Prayer Power: Interceding for Others
July 18, 2020
Seeing People Through Jesus’ Eyes
July 11, 2020
Winsome Witnesses: The Power of Personal Testimony
July 4, 2020
Why Witness?
June 27, 2020
Living by the Word of God
June 20, 2020
Dealing with Difficult Passages
June 13, 2020
The Bible and Prophecy
June 6, 2020
The Bible as History
May 30, 2020
Creation: Genesis as Foundation, Part II
May 23, 2020
Lord of Our Labor
August 27, 2005
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
April 15, 2006
Destruction and Renewal
October 28, 2006
Growing Through the Word
June 16, 2007
Called to Discipleship by Jesus
January 12, 2008
Women of Mission
August 30, 2008
Faith
April 4, 2009
The Sin of Moses and Aaron
November 21, 2009
Jew and Gentile
July 3, 2010
Hope Against Depression
February 5, 2011
Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles
September 24, 2011
Personal Evangelism and Witnessing
May 5, 2012
Last Things: Jesus and the Saved
December 15, 2012