From your school days, you may remember what an oxymoron is. It causes us to ask how two opposites could be true at the same time. "Jumbo shrimp” and “Icy Hot” are oxymorons. How could anything be both "big" and "little" or "icy" and "hot" at the same time? "Mighty Lamb" sounds like an oxymoron, but as we examine this phrase a little deeper where we find it in Revelation 5...is it?
Acorns are small but can become mighty oaks. Peter’s three acorns of truth in 1 Peter 3:15 can likewise lead to mighty accomplishments for God’s glory...
Just as Paul is about to be nabbed and killed over doctrinal clashes in Jerusalem, the commander of a Roman cohort swoops in to save him from certain doom. The commander truly helps him escape with his life but is clueless about Paul, the gospel, and disputes between Judaism and Christianity. He appears to be a fine officer, but the commander is tone-deaf.
The miraculous deeds of Jesus left His disciples wondering “what manner of man is this?” The faith of a believer should be strengthened by having encountered a Savior who can command a raging storm to cease. The will of an unbeliever should be shaken....
When David was a young man full of youthful strength, he took on Goliath the Gittite and overcame him. Goliath had four brothers which is why David picked up five stones. He was prepared, but he did not meet those brothers that day in his youth....But he did, years later...
Animal Farm is an imaginative, thinly-veiled commentary on Communism’s flaws. An avowed Socialist, Orwell despised Communism and portrayed it as darkly as possible, but stumbled into the truth when his farm animals said, “All animals are equal.”
The Lord Jesus knew that nobody would understand. The crowd had laughed when He had said Jairus’s daughter was only sleeping. They knew she was dead and wondered what was wrong with Jesus. Sometimes the divine Son of God simply took action and didn’t explain. This was such a time. Others meant well, but only Jesus could make this matter right.
The blessed life the Prodigal seeks and longs for comes only from confessing and forsaking the sinfulness of their wayward life. Like the father in Christ's parable of the Prodigal Son, God is waiting and willing to forgive and restore to fellowship and blessing. There is mercy waiting...
Death is the great leveler of mankind. It is the inevitable end which awaits us all, save those who live to see the Rapture. The Great Unknown! . . . What will we gain if we lose our own souls? What would we give in exchange for our souls?
