“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.” (Proverbs 26:4) The Book of Proverbs is all about how to distinguish the wise from the foolish. We’ve all been foolish from time to time, but there is a difference between a fool and foolishness. In fact, the Bible is full of stories about man and his folly, but very few of those whose foolishness is portrayed in God’s Word are fools. In most cases, they are folks just like you and me, […]

“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3) The one Christian promise that I don’t particularly like is the fact that Christian living will bring more than its share of suffering. But that’s exactly what Jesus promised us when He said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross […]

“And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20:30-31 When I first came to know Jesus, confusion set in about what had just happened to me. I sought the counsel of my pastor, a Presbyterian minister, who suggested I begin my newfound life with Bible study. “Start with […]

“‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’” (Matthew 14:29) In the late 1970’s, I vacationed frequently at Nags Head, North Carolina. I remember one summer in particular. Several of us decided to go deep-sea fishing in the Gulf Stream, which is not far from North Carolina’s Outer Banks and offers some of the finest dolphin fishing that a charter boat captain can muster. We awoke early that morning because we had to be at the dock by 5:00 a.m. It was windy and our charter […]