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We begin our reading and study of the Epistles in the New Testament with the book of Romans.  It was St. Augustine who long ago said, “You have made us for Yourself, O God, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in You.”  Pascal more recentl...

We’re coming down the stretch now in our project of reading through the Bible by the end of this year.  We’ve completed the Old Testament, the Gospels and Acts of the New Testament.  Today we‘ll start reading the New Testament Epistles.  Let’s slow down th...

We’ve concluded the Old Testament now in our project to read through the Bible in two years.  What was anticipated in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament.  The New Testament is built on the foundation of the Old Testament.  To understand th...

In today’s study we’ll look at the last of the minor prophets.  Malachi gives a future focus for life.  It’s been said, “Only one life ‘twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”  Everything we do should be done with the awareness that we’...

Fulfilled prophecy has always intrigued me and encouraged my faith in God and His word.  Zechariah makes some statements that uniquely point to Jesus Christ and some experiences He had during His final days on earth. Zechariah 11:12-13 talks about paying a...

There are two powerful statements found in Zechariah 4:6 and 10.  I call them, Impact Statements! “‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”  And, “Who despises the day of small things?” These impact statements have a message ...

As we continue reading through the Bible, today we’ll look at Zechariah where the prophet gives a propelling promise.  Like Haggai, he was used of God to encourage the Israelites to get on with building the temple until it was finished. We learn that when ...

Today let’s look at the book of Haggai.  I’ve titled it: “The First, First”!  It’s always wise to put first things first.  “Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness,” Jesus said, “and all these things (daily necessities) will be given to you” (...

We’ve been reading the minor prophets in the Old Testament as we progress in reading through the Bible by the end of this year.  Today we look at Zephaniah, who speaks about God’s Day of Judgment.  Around the dial of a church clock in Strasbourg, France, a...

The focus of the book of Habakkuk is: Live by faith in the Faithful One.  The first lesson on living by faith in the faithful one is to be silent before Him.  Habakkuk 2:20 declares, “the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.”...

Asked how she could sleep amid troubled times, an old Christian said, “God is always watching, so there’s no point in two of us staying awake!” Habakkuk didn’t understand God’s dealings with Israel and the surrounding nations.  He was perplexed and frustra...

If you’ve never read Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the hands of an angry God,” then read Nahum.  The same point is made in both, even though the historical settings differ. Nineveh had experienced God’s forgiveness when she repented under Jonah’s m...

One of the greatest Messianic prophecies is found in the book of Micah, 5:2.  Its fulfillment is recorded in Matthew 2:6. After Jesus was born, Magi from the east, having seen a unique star, travelled to Jerusalem to find and worship the one born king of t...

The cause of some illnesses can only be removed by the knife of the doctor.  When he operates he doesn’t cut to hurt, but to heal.  Similarly, when God saw Israel’s drastic spiritual condition He prescribed the painful experience of the captivity in order ...

When teaching the book of Jonah I’ve often been asked, “Whatever happened to Jonah?”  The book ends abruptly, leaving you hanging in regard to Jonah’s life.  As I’ve thought about this I realized, it was indeed Jonah who wrote the book, and it doesn’t port...

Let’s continue our project of reading through the Bible in two years.  Today we begin reading the book of Jonah.  As you read it, notice how Jonah is portrayed as the pouting prophet. Dwight L. Moody once confided, “I have more trouble with D. L. Moody tha...

As you read the book of Obadiah in the Old Testament, just one chapter long, you’ll see the “Law of the Seed” presented vividly.  Listen to Obadiah 15, “The Day of the Lord is near for all nations.  As you have done it will be done to you.  Your deeds will...

If the prophet Amos lived today, I believe he’d proclaim as far and wide as possible the warning he wrote over 2500 years ago: “‘The day is coming,’ declares the sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land–not a famine of food or a th...

Amos was not a professional prophet, nor did he grow up in a prophet’s home.  His profession was agriculture, a shepherd who also cared for an orchard of sycamore-fig trees.  He didn’t seek to become a prophet.  He was enlisted by God and commissioned to g...

Continuing our project of reading through the Bible by the end of this year we begin today in the book of Amos.  Amos 6:1 says: “Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria.”  What an oxymoron: Complacent and secure! ...

Does it pay to earnestly repent and seek God’s face?  Joel the prophet answers, “Unequivocally Yes!” His task was to describe the coming destruction.  Listen to Joel 1:4, “What the Locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts ...

Evangelist Billy Sunday was accused of rubbing the fur the wrong way because of the way he preached.  His answer: “I do not.  Let the cat turn around.”  That’s a picture of repentance, turning around.  It’s a heart matter, where real issues of life are det...

An impact statement you’d be wise to remember is found in Hosea 13:6, “When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.”  Satisfied, proud and forgetful.  What a tragic trilogy. In this passage God is ...

If you want a vivid picture of the agony of God’s love as He relates to His rebellious people, then read Hosea 11.  The focus of the agony of God’s love is amplified in four points: love demonstrated, love rejected, love agonizing, love triumphant. God dem...

In Hosea 6 & 7 the prophet describes what often goes on in the heart of a backslider who wants to come back into fellowship with God.  Let’s do a fact-finding study of these chapters. Who is involved?  Hosea, rebellious Israelites and a gracious God. W...