Pride is the Path to Hell

Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. Not long ago I was talking to a friend who had recently returned from Egypt. He and his wife had toured the Pyramids, those amazing...

God’s Rest

Isaiah 11:10 …and his rest shall be glorious. Let me interrupt your everyday real life for just a moment and ask you to imagine a perfect world, a world in which there is no conflict, where there is overriding peace, and where, in fact, God reigns in an obvious,...

Arrogance is Ignorance of God

Isaiah 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. Perhaps the most dangerous person in the world is the person who makes a habit of saying, “Yeah, I know.” You can’t tell them anything because they already know....

Can We Weary God?

Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? This fall my family and I have been hard-driving. We have been in West Virginia one Sunday, eastern North Carolina the next Sunday, and...

Let God Grow What He Wants

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Every summer my wife loves to plant flowers. She plants gorgeous...