Romans 11:33-34 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”

In an effort to discern God's will for our life we attempt to "frame the leadings of providence" and make decisions concerning what we "believe" God is doing in our life. Providence is the practical outworking of God's foreordained purposes and plan...

In his book The Christian Ministry, Charles Bridges writes, "The Minister, that does not manifestly put his heart into his sermon, will never put his sermon into the hearts of his people." How true this statement is. Every preacher should strive to preach to the hearts of his people with great fervency and love for them. The preacher should strive to be plain in his speech rather than eloquent with his words. He should strive to be useful to the lowest of men rather than seek praise by...

I Thessalonians 4:7-8 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

What is man despising? In the context of the verse, he that despises is despising the holiness of God which in effect is the despising of God. Therefore, when the preacher preaches against sin in favor of a life of holiness those who are opposed to such preaching are not in opposition to a mere man,...

In the Parable of the Talents as recorded in Matthew 25, people often associate the talents given to the servants by their master as symbolizing the talents we personally use in the service of the Lord today. The Greek word for "talent" as used in the parable is talanton which is defined as money. Because English Bibles translate the word as "talent" people naturally make the association between talanton and personal talents when applying this parable to them personally. The...

In the Parable of the Talents written in the 25th chapter of Matthew's Gospel we are reminded that faithfulness is an evidence of our salvation. The unfaithful servant saw only the harshness of God and failed to see the graciousness of God extended to the other two servants for their faithfulness. God's graciousness is magnified to the faithful, while those who are faithless will experience the harsh wrath of God for all eternity. Have you taken that the first step of faithfulness? Have you repented...