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Zeal is a wonderful thing to have. This excitement and enthusiasm can be illustrated by one of its meanings: to be heated to the point of boiling. Many people are on fire about religion. The Apostle Paul said that for zeal to be of any value there are some things that must accompany it. What must we have with our zeal? What does the Bible say? Zeal Is Essential. Paul indicates Zeal is a good thing when speaking of some…

Have you ever lost something truly valuable? I remember losing my wallet at Summer camp as a teenager. I felt a pit in my stomach and, to be honest, I was scared. Fortunately, someone found it and returned it to me the next day – with money still inside. I was fortunate indeed! In Luke 15 we read three parables that stress the importance of lost souls. Jesus used these parables to counter-act the self-righteous attitudes of the Pharisees and…

One of the great messages of the Old Testament is that God is in control, and He wants us to trust in Him. Control is an illusion that we tell ourselves that we have. Truthfully, I am in control of only one thing, myself. Even that is limited. Much of my body runs autonomically. I cannot turn off physical pain. My emotions are very hard to control. We are limited in the amount of control we have. Moreover, we often…

I don’t like Jonah. In a book with an evil king, pagan sailors and a giant, man-eating fish, he’s still, hands-down, the most unlikable character. He whines and runs from God — and then refuses to show the mercy to others that God had just shown him. My main problem with this little book is how it ends. The prophet sits on a hill, overlooking the city of Nineveh, angry that God isn’t raining down judgment on its people. He…