Thankfulness often seems to be a lost habit, as illustrated through this real-life incident. Edward Spencer was a seminary student in Evanston, Illinois. He was also part of a life-saving squad. When a ship sunk near the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, Edward repeatedly went into the icy cold…
When personalized license plates were introduced in Illinois, the Department of Motor Vehicles received about 1,000 requests for the number “1.” The state official whose job it was to approve the requests said, “I am not about to assign it to someone and disappoint 999 people.” His solution—he assigned the number to himself! Nowhere…
This is the 4th and final post in the series “The Sabbath and the Lord’s Day.” The first post dealt with the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Sabbath?” The second one addressed the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Lord’s Day?” The third post dealt with “Common…
In the previous post, the question, “Are Christians required to keep the Lord’s Day?” was asked, and it was answered in this manner: Christians keep the Lord’s Day—not out of a sense of obeying a particular law—but out of love for the Lord and his people. It is not legalism but…
In the last post, the question, “Are Christians Required To Keep The Sabbath?” was asked and answered by looking at the entirety of the Scriptures. The post concluded that Christians living under the New Covenant are not required to keep the Sabbath on Saturday, the 7th day of the week.…
This post is designed to answer the question addressed in the title, “Are Christians required to keep the Sabbath?” In general, there are 3 views when it comes to Christians and the Sabbath, which means a day of rest. View # 1. The Sabbatarian View. According to this view, Christians are to…
One famous restaurant in the United States is called “TGIF”—Thank God It’s Friday. The name aptly captures how the average person views work—I am glad the workweek is over! However, is that the way a Christian should view work? Should Christians view work as a necessary evil, or should we…
Anger is such a prevalent sin that even Christians are affected by it on a constant basis. Relationships within the family and within the church are affected tremendously as a result of uncontrolled anger. In fact, anger was behind the very first murder in the Bible—Cain murdering his brother Abel!…
Ezra, a godly man whose life is described in the Old Testament, illustrates the secret of true and enduring success as defined by God. Ezra, a teacher of God’s word, experienced the “gracious hand of his God” [i.e., true success] in his life [Ezra 7:9] as a result of pursuing…
Sarah Winchester’s husband had acquired a fortune by manufacturing and selling rifles. After he died of tuberculosis in 1881, Sarah sought out a spiritist to contact her dead husband, who supposedly told her, “As long as you keep building your home, you will never face death.” Believing the spiritist, Sarah…
