A couple of years ago a brother in Florida gave me a coin he had uncovered in Europe more than 50 years ago. It is a Sestertius with the image of the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, engraved on it. That places the date of this coin from 118-132 A.D. My friend who gave me this coin happened to uncover 150 other coins in the same spot. Apparently, 1900 years ago, someone buried some money in the ground for safekeeping and, for whatever reason, never recovered his treasure. As I have he

He’s for me, of course! Isn’t He? It might not be as cut-and-dried as you think! Thirteen times in Ezekiel, the Lord said, “I am against you.” Whom was God against? Jerusalem/Israel (5:8, 21:3) False prophets (13:8) False prophetesses (13:20) Tyre (26:3) Sidon (28:22) Pharaoh/Egypt (29:3, 29:10, 30:22) Israel’s shepherds/kings (34:10) Mt. Seir/Edom (35:3) Gog (38:3, 39:1) In every case, the Lord was against them because of their sin. Note that God showed no partiality – men a

Most of us have likely thought about how others will remember us after we leave this earth. Many in the world have the desire to be remembered for having fun and living life to the fullest. As Christians, hopefully we have a different set of things by which we hope to be remembered. What if others remembering us wasn’t just something that came post-mortem however? In the introduction to Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians he said, “we give thanks to God always for all of

On any given day, the average American will be bombarded with advertisements for an endless number of restaurants and food products. Such advertisements come in the form of radio, television, newspapers/magazines, billboards, and more. Due to the overwhelming power of these ads as well as many other contributing factors, Americans and their eating habits are unhealthier now than perhaps any time in history. So in addition to the ever-expanding market for food advertisement, o

From the very beginning (Cain and Able) God has expected His creation to give to Him its very best. God is the giver of all things. Therefore, by sacrificing something and returning back what has been given to the giver, we are expressing not only our gratitude and our understanding of where all things come from, but also our faith. Godly giving has always been about giving our best, about making a sacrifice. This was true with Cain and Abel, with Abraham offering Isaac, with