There is a growing and disturbing trend among some Bible believers to view the first eleven chapters of Genesis as divinely inspired...

Buttercup Botkin of East Peoria passed away on January 31, 2023, just a couple weeks shy of her 15th birthday. Buttercup was born in...

The Hebrew language has a history unlike the history of any other language. After the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70, the...

I never had a lot of interest in sports. In high school I was on the boys’ swim team for a while. Back then, the bigots wouldn’t allow...

I recently read through the four Gospels again for the umpteenth time. I did not get any new revelation, but I did get an important...

“And He spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety...

In the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13), the five foolish virgins took no oil for their lamps, but the five wise virgins took...

Feelings are part of being human. Feelings are a blessing in their proper place, but a curse when misused. People often express their...

I might lose some readers here, but I’m going to say it anyway. Take off your tinfoil hat and stop acting stupid. Quit behaving as if all...

The Bible speaks about the Holy of holies, the Song of songs, the God of gods, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. In the...

The Roman Catholic Church elevates Mary to the status of Regina Caeli, “Queen of heaven,” and declares her to be the Mediatrix, the...

“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Josh. 24:15). Lots of believers have the above verse hanging on a wall somewhere in...

Around 1990 I read a book by Paul Fussell, a World War 2 veteran who became a college professor, author, and literary critic. The title...

BINARY GENDER: ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF CREATION binary: something made of two things or parts; compounded or consisting of or marked by...

“Six hundred and thirteen commandments?! Forget it! I couldn’t even remember that many rules, let alone obey all of them!” That is often...

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD” (Lev. 19:28). When I was a kid,...

God does not need our prayers. God can do whatever He wants to do without our prayers. The Almighty is All Mighty. He does not need our...

A few years ago I had some of my artwork in a booth at an outdoor art fair in Peoria. A man stopped and looked at my work. He said he had...

AMAZING GRACE I taught ESL (English as a Second Language) to foreign students for seven years. By teaching English, I became more aware...

After the children of Israel worshipped the golden calf and suffered the loss of about 3,000 men, God told Moses to go ahead and take the...

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink. He that...

For most Christians, Leviticus is probably their least favorite book of the Bible. This is understandable, because until you read through...

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain” (Ex....

Satan often twists the meaning of God’s Word and uses his distortion of truth as a weapon against God’s people. Satan uses his...