What’s in a name? These days it seems like less and less, as parents simply pick names for their children that have a nice ring to them. But when the psalmist talks about the benefits of loving God’s name, he doesn’t just mean we should love the way it sounds.

Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4

When the sun peeks through the clouds after a storm, we usually start looking around for a rainbow. It’s one of the most beautiful sights in nature, and can be observed throughout the world. But did you know it’s not merely a natural occurrence, but has a divine meaning?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).

The psalmist says that he longs for God’s word so intensely that he opens his mouth wide and pants. Really?

Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4

The covenant God makes in Genesis 9:8–11 is not his most generous covenant, but it is his most inclusive, including all creatures on earth, both humans and animals, until the end of time.

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).

God’s word gives light and understanding to simple people. Does that category exclude you?

Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4

We sometimes hear about overpopulation and population control. But is there such a thing?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).

What do you think of when you hear about a cave of wonders or a palace filled with wonders? We have heavenly wonders, of infinitely greater value than those wonders, right at our fingertips.

Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4

The reason God gives for his prohibition against taking human life is that he made mankind in his image. Is this referring to a present reality? Is mankind still made in God’s image? Or is this referring back to when God first made mankind, and what he desired by making mankind that way?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).

There are plenty of churches and church bodies today that have narrowed their doctrinal basis for membership or fellowship down to just a few basics, and have said or implied that we can agree to disagree about anything beyond that. Is that a Christian attitude?

Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4

In Romans 13 Paul says that God has established all governing authorities. To where can we trace that divine establishment? And within that establishment, is the death penalty acceptable, or is it inherently evil and un-Christian?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).