Solomon was an extraordinary king. He was a prince of peace, ruled over a magnificent empire, and lived in luxury and wealth. His wisdom was greater than that of all men living at the time. And still, Solomon had a dark side in his character which led to his downfall. What can we learn today from the “Wisdom of Solomon?”

This is Satan’s world. It is a world held captive. It is doomed to crash. Jesus did not come to make this a better world. He did not enter into this world’s politics. Christ called His disciples out of this world, to be ambassadors for a better word–the heavenly kingdom. As Christ was not of this world, neither must we be. Pentecost reminds us that God’s Holy Spirit in us gives us the power to conquer this world and Satan–the god and ruler of this world.

Most don’t like to serve on a jury and look at it as an inconvenience. But jury duty is mandatory, unless you have valid reasons for an excuse. Courts have become more and more reluctant to grant excuses. They look especially with disfavor at requests to be excused for sincere religious convictions. Should Christians compromise and take the “easy way” out and just get it over with and serve? What do you need to know and to do in this conflict situation?

A conundrum has existed in the minds of people as long as there have been people. If God is a good God, why do bad things happen? God has made promises to His people, that they will be blessed in numerous ways, in this life, but also blessed with eternal life. However, He also provides us with the guarantee that His people will be persecuted. Is this a contradiction? Since God cannot lie, this is not a contradiction. The affliction, persecution and bad things that happen to people are for the greater cause of glorifying God, building character, and blessing His people with eternal life.

God is a family.  The reason mankind exists is to fulfill the purpose of God and become part of His Family.  We can achieve this goal with the help of the family structure.

Are you close to God? Really–or is that just what you claim to be? The Word of God teaches us how to draw close to God, and doing so is vital if we are to inherit eternal life and have a part in God’s Kingdom! 

God was compassionate and merciful in dealing with Job. Why and how? Wasn’t Job upright and blameless? Why did God permit his suffering in the first place? And why does God allow that righteous people suffer today?

The book of Job is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. Commentaries have struggled for centuries to come to grips with it, but for the most part, they have failed utterly to explain it correctly. What can we learn from this extraordinary segment of the Holy Scriptures?

Are you a leader, or are you among those who are led–a follower of what is good? In fact, each of us should be both, and the Bible reveals examples along with instructions for leaders and the led.