Can we honestly believe that God is good even when He says, wait longer? Psalm 12 looked at God telling us to, in today's terms, hang in there. Now, God's saying wait longer. Really? And on top of it, we're still supposed to say, God is good? Yes! Absolutely! 'Cause ...

Oppression of the weak in this world almost seems like a global sport. If you're like me, you feel like it's worse than ever. But is it? Oppression of the weak isn't new. It's been around for as long as there've been people ...

We move on to The Letter to the church in Philadelphia. It's unique within the seven letters in Revelation. It's almost entirely filled with promises to the faithful in this church. Jesus has only good things to say to this church.  Therefore, the examination will obviously be about them.  What ...

Have you ever called out to God for help? For an answer of some kind? But nothing happens? There's no answer. Your situation doesn't change. You don't hear yes. Or no. The thing is, sometimes God tells us to hang in there. To wait. With no reason given ...

We move on to the fifth of the seven letters in Revelation.  We're on the home-stretch.  This time the letter to the dead church in Sardis.  Jesus has very little in the way of good things to say about the church in Sardis.  And, of course, bad things.  In this ...

We move on to the fourth of the seven letters in Revelation. This time, the letter to the corrupt church in Thyatira. Jesus has good things to say about the church in Thyatira.  Some bad things as well.  So once again, part of the examination will be about the relationship, ...

We move on to the third of the seven letters in Revelation.  This time the letter to the compromising church in Pergamum - also called Pergamos in some translations.  Jesus has good things to say about the church in Pergamum.  And some things that aren't good.  Given the warnings though, ...

We move on to the second of the seven letters in Revelation.  This time the letter to the persecuted church in Smyrna.  Jesus has good things to say about the church in Smyrna.  It’s a bit harder to determine whether there’s any bad news in here – at least the ...

And so it begins.  The first of the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. The Letter to the church in Ephesus.  Jesus had some good things to say to them.  And some bad things.  But then another positive statement.  The Ephesian church certainly wasn't in the worst condition ...

Complain about God to God? Is that a good thing? How many of us are afraid to complain to God about Himself? Or think that's a bad thing to do? Maybe even a sin? On the other hand, how many of us are so angry about our issues with God, ...