This is a knife. It is supposed to be sharp; if it isn’t sharp, it can’t do its job. This is God’s Word. It, too, is meant to be sharp, but we often attempt to dull it down. Jesus says in our text that He came to start a fire. He is speaking about His

Here’s a scenario many of us have likely experienced. My wife came home the other night, walked through the front door, and immediately started talking to me while I was watching TV. She wanted to share her day, to be heard. But I was caught up in the game, distracted and tempted to tune her

Fundamentalists are stupid. That was the basic meaning of an article that popped up online last week. It didn’t come right out and say that. It referenced a study that supposedly used MRI scans to prove that fundamentalists don’t make as much use of a certain part of their brain that relates to critical thinking.

Elvis Presly recorded the song, “Hardheaded Woman.” It was written by Claude Demetrius. This song implies that women have been the source troubles for men since creation. It uses the examples of Eve, Delilah and Jezebel. Eve, Delilah and Jezebel all had their problems, but their sins were their sins. Their sins were not an

The Inugguit lived as hunter-gatherers in Greenland’s remote Thule region for centuries. Some say that until they were encountered by Sir John Ross in 1818, they believed that they were the only inhabitants of the world. From   Imagine attempting to explain the Caribbean Island to those people. You could tell them it’s like

Since we are talking about manly men, we have to talk about probably the manliest man of scripture, Samson. Samson is the ultimate example of what we might consider a real man. He was strong. He was a conqueror. He didn’t let anyone push him around. When he felt that people wronged him, he took

When I was in college, I worked for a few years delivering and picking up furniture for a rental company. One day we had to go pick up furniture from the filthiest house I have ever seen. There were swarms of flies inside the house. When you walked through the front door there were piles

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana ultimately killing over 1800 people and causing over $125 billion dollars in damage. Some people responded with the attitude: God is punishing New Orleans for their wickedness. Earlier this year wildfires swept across California killing some and doing over $100 billion worth of damage. Once again, some

If you are familiar with Old Testament history, you know that being a priest could be a fatal position. In 2 Samuel 6, we read how they were bringing the ark of the covenant up to Jerusalem when a man named Uzzah reached out to steady it so it wouldn’t fall. God struck him dead on the

Today we have the first of miracle, where Jesus changes water into wine. The evangelist John gives us a statement at the end of the account which summarizes the importance of this miracle. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. Jesus gives