“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey Your word. You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.” Psalm 119:67-68 (NIV)   Any kind of pain and suffering should draw us closer to God and to His Word. Because He is good[...]

“I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.” Psalm 119:63 (NIV)   Psalm 119 continually pictures life as being on a path or a journey. As we discussed previously, walking with the Lord puts us on the narrow path where few others travel[...]

“Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.” Jude 5   For a long time now, church culture has been driven by a consumer[...]

“For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 4   Grace is the unmerited favor of God. Through Jesus Christ[...]

“Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.” Psalm 57:1   Fear, anger, and anxiety are in abundant supply these days. Consequently, we look for places[...]

“Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.” Jude 3   Sometimes what we want to say is[...]

“May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.” Jude 2   We often skip over the first few verses in the Epistles, as if they’re just random words in a cordial greeting. But there are no insignificant verses in the Bible. Jude greeted these believers with carefully chosen[...]

“Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ” Jude 1   We live in skeptical times. So many claims have proven to be untrue that we now question almost everything we hear,[...]

“Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law?’” John 7:19   Throughout the Bible we see people of faith; those willing to believe that what God says is true. We also see those who seemingly want to believe but aren’t necessarily willing[...]