By: Kevin Townsend We are often faced with limitations and restrictions in our lives, whether real or imagined, physical, emotional, spiritual, imposed upon us by others or self-imposed. Human nature often focuses on what we CANNOT do, rather than what we CAN do. When we want something badly and are…
By: Kevin Townsend Women especially love babies. My daughter-in-law is about to be delivered of her third child and she/we all are excited about it. Everyone wants the result, but the painful delivery process to get that result is much less thought or spoken about. Although modern medicine has made…
By: Kevin Townsend In Proverbs 6:16-17 one of the “six things” that “the LORD hate(s)” is “hands that shed innocent blood.” This principle is rooted in God’s eternal, perfect justice and holiness. Just so mankind does not miss this point, it is repeated elsewhere in Scripture: Exodus 23:7 “Keep thee…
By: Kevin Townsend In Acts 12:1-16 we find the account of Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great (King of Palestine A.D. 42 to 44) murdering James the brother of John (Acts 12:2) and intending to do the same to the Apostle Peter after the 8-day Passover feast was…
By: Kevin Townsend This two-part article will contrast the positive attributes of the faithful with the negative attributes of the faithless. Although the examples will involve physical warfare, these principles apply to the spiritual warfare each Christian must engage in today (John 18:36; 1Timothy 6:12a KJV “Fight the good fight of…
By: Kevin Townsend The Bible is overflowing on the subject of prayer. In its pages we are taught and shown when to pray (Ps 5:1-3; Ps 88:13; Ps 143:8; Isa 33:2; Ps 88:1; Ps 55:17; Dan 6:10; Gen 24:63; Matt 6:6), how often to pray (1Thess 5:17), what to pray…