Entries from May 2008

May 13, 2008

Children of the Wicked One: Tares in the Field

Evil has a face–a human face.  Evil has arms and legs, but above all, a cunning mind and a devious heart.
Some faces of evil are obvious.  Those of Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein and other tyrannical butchers come to mind.  But it’s the faces of evil that you pass on the street or see in restaurant or [...]

May 8, 2008

Christ Cannot Come Back Tonight

     “Whoa, Wayneman,” some will say.  “My preacher told me, ‘You better get right because Christ could come tonight!’”
     Although God is sovereign and can do whatever He pleases, He’ll keep His word first.  And He said by His Spirit through His apostle Paul that there are several pre-requisite prophecies that must come to pass before He comes back. 
     A, [...]

May 4, 2008

Parables Conceal the Mysteries of God

     Parables are not nice little stories to help us understand the Bible. We have been told this by well-meaning teachers and pastors, but it is not true.  To the contrary, parables are used by God to deliberately keep some from knowing His secrets.  Before you click away, let me elucidate.
 
     The Creator has a [...]

May 1, 2008

Famine, Integrity, and the Cardboard Cage

     Utter desperation does not bring out the worst in people; it brings out what they are inside.  Good or bad.  You’ll have looters and rioters during disasters revealing their dark thieving hearts.  But others will suffer their plights with an astounding amount of integrity.  I know this first hand.
     It was 1973, and my wife Linda [...]