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In the book of Jeremiah, we read of a cowardly king by the name of Zedekiah. This king didn’t care about the people, he only cared for himself. He was a king without courage.There is always a price to pay for making decisions in your own best interests instead of making decisions that will bring honor and glory to God. There is always a price to pay for living outside of God’s will. There is also a price a nation will pay when it has a king without courage. Godly...

Liberals have reason to celebrate. The cumulative effect of years of deliberately destructive, anti-American decisions has brought us to a perilous moment in history. It’s not Russia or China taking us down — we’re doing it to ourselves. Tragically, many Americans seem unable to grasp the danger. The myth of all things being on the right track is propped up by the mainstream media, the educational system, and much of corporate America. So, the celebration continues.In ...

Do you know what helps me stay within the boundaries and do what I do? It is not so much my faith, as it is others faith in me. I love you and I respect you, so I don’t want to let you down. So, I do my best to obey the Scriptures, do what is right, and look for new ways of serving Christ, because I don’t want to let you down. It is my responsibility to you, and I take it very seriously.So, with that simple thought in mind, what if Abraham’s motivation was not just his...

Where are you stuck in your life today? I think we all have times in our lives when we feel stuck. The man at the pool of Bethesda is stuck. For thirty-eight years he has been stuck. Every day is the same. He sits on his mat. He waits and watches for the water in the pool to be stirred up. Does any of that sound familiar? When have you experienced those things? In what ways do they describe your life today? What is the “as-soon-as-something moves” in your life? I wonder how m...

As we have been reminded recently, humans now have the power to destroy the world. We are threatened by the nuclear storehouses in Russia and China—and our own. The nuclear arsenals of the world’s powers, we are told, could easily destroy civilization. Of course, it is now apparent that man is also cultivating viruses and diseases that could get out of control and might also wipe out civilization as we know it. Then we have the promoters of global warming that are cons...

People from other cultures usually stand out. It may be their clothing, their appearance, their skin color, their language, it could be a number of things, but usually they look different. Not better, nor worse; but different. Aliens stand out.As Christians we are strangers and aliens, however, we are not set off by a specific style of dress. Christians should dress modestly; but we don’t wear uniforms with a big cross on the front. We don’t have our own language or di...

If you are a child of God, our Lord will most certainly finish the work He has started in you (Philippians 1:6). But that does not mean we will get to finish everything He has given us to do, nor does it mean that we will always finish the work when and how we expected. In life we will all face many seasons of delay, false starts, and times of starting over.You are invited to join Dr. T. D. Worthington as we study the struggles of the nation of Israel in this week’s PathLight.&nbs...

The word victim is one of the most abused terms in today’s world. Everybody, it would seem is a victim of something or someone. Lawyers run ads on the television recruiting victims to enhance their bank accounts. Counselors, even Christian counselors, are abusing the term, by convincing more and more people of their permanent victimhood status. Certainly, there is a place for the word; but it is never a good title to perpetually give yourself. The Scriptures give...

Although we all do dumb things on occasion, but if you are a Christian, God has already spoken words of wisdom to you—and you listened to those words-- because you didn't come to Christ on your own. That was the Spirit of God speaking wisdom in your heart; and you listened—and you were saved. Now, that should make it easy for you to believe that God is continuing to speak words of wisdom to you. I have preached many messages on Proverbs 31. I have spoken on the Proverbs 31 woman.&...

Treason is a term reserved for people who willfully disobey the orders of a king or government. It describes someone who sabotages the mission of the kingdom. It is for people like Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold, not for someone like me and not for someone like you! Yet, in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus begins with a statement of His authority. He describes who He is and by what authority He has to tell us what to do. He establishes that ALL authority that could ever be had has now been given ov...