As a weekly reminder for this series, the 119th Psalm was written so that we might get to know God better, love Him more, and live our lives according to His Word. Although the author is not identified, in my mind, the Psalm portrays the “Song of the Joyful Sojourner”

As a reminder, the Psalms were written so that we might get to know God better, love Him more, and live our lives according to His Word. Although the author is not identified, in my mind, it exemplifies the “Song of the Joyful Sojourner” as he navigates his way through

The Psalms were written so that we might get to know God better, love Him more, and live our lives according to His Word. And Psalm 119 exemplifies the main goal of each of the Psalms in our “Old Testament Hymnal.” Although the author is not identified in the Hebrew

First of all, I’d like you to know that the theme I have chosen for this series comes from the 54th verse of Psalm 119: “Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge” (Psalm 119:54). This Psalm is one that many of you have read in the

If you recall last week, the Jews to whom Jesus was speaking claimed that they had never been enslaved to anyone, denying the plain fact that the Jewish people had been enslaved to many different nations during they existence, and that they were currently occupied by the Romans. Jesus went

Last week we looked at some of the documents produced by our Founding Fathers, along with some of their insights, and their connection with what God says in His Word, the Bible. Reflecting on the moral state of our country, we were reminded of the words of John Adams who

At the outset, I’m pretty sure that you have wondered, or are wondering, if America should be thought of as a Republic or a Democracy. Well, let’s take a closer look. A REPUBLIC is where the people delegate their responsibility to elected representatives in government to make decisions. Thus, the

As we saw last week, the anticipated relaxing Mediterranean Cruise turned out to be a dangerous and stressful journey across the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach Italy so that Paul could stand trial before Nero. In a hurry to get Paul to Rome from Caesarea, the journey was attempted

Several years ago, Peggy and I had the joy of actually being on a Mediterranean Cruise, and it was indeed relaxing. But not so with Paul and the rest of those on his ship. Today, we will take a look at this particular Mediterranean cruise in AD 60 recorded by

We saw last week that although Governor Festus was intending to send Paul to Rome to be tried under Caesar, he needed to have more concrete charges against him. All of his previous charges were brought by Jewish antagonists and focused on the temple and the Law of Moses. Festus