God has some supernatural advice for you—truths to help you deal with your most formidable personal challenges. Do you know how to get to those truths? Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law. When I think of … [Read more...]
A Song for Sheep (Part 2) (Psalm 23:4–6)
You could subtitle Psalm 23 “A Year in the Life of a Sheep.” I am persuaded that this psalm pictures for us a journey from the fold, through the valley up to the table land, and then back down again to home in the fold. Some interpreters think that v. 5 shifts the metaphor from a Shepherd and his sheep to the Lord and His worshippers in the temple. I am unconvinced. As we … [Read more...]
Trust and Obey (Acts 21:1-16)
The issue of guidance is a major one for the Christian, and understandably so. After all, Christians believe that God is sovereign. Christians desire to please God. We want His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. And so we are concerned to live obediently to the Lord. We want to know His will and to walk in it. The apostle Paul no doubt desired this. And the book of … [Read more...]
Economics and Decision-Making
As many of you know, I pay my bills by labouring in the financial services arena. Therefore, my work involves the need to understand something about economics. The term economics,interestingly, comes from the Greek word oikonomia. This is made up by two separate Greek words: oikos meaning home or household, and nomos meaning law or custom. Therefore economics at its core means … [Read more...]
Decisions, Decisions (Exodus 28:30)
This past week the world’s attention has been focused on an event that has been both historic and controversial. I am speaking, of course, of the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. The media has been filled both with scenes of jubilation over the death of a mass-murderer as well as scenes of mourning over the death of a martyr. Judgements have been made as to his guilt … [Read more...]