Pride is Independence from God

Obadiah 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee Are you an independent person? Is that good? As an American, I look at independence as almost a complete good in every context. We think of the Declaration of Independence. Some people aren’t just Baptist, they are...

We Misperceive in the Dark

Amos 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof Years ago, I took a jeep trail in Northern Arizona to a place called Havasu Point. It is basically a peninsula that juts out into the middle of...

God Will Restore When We Return

Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you One year I was on a roll. In our travels pulling my travel trailer I nearly ran out of fuel three...

Calamity Should Turn Us to God

Joel 1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field My mom grew up in the home of a fourth, fifth or even sixth generation farmer. John and Hulda Bingham moved from their...

Sin Grows in Inattentive People

Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not My phone reminds me of how old I am pretty much every day. This morning it showed me pictures of two and five years ago this very...