by afladmin | Oct 31, 2017 | AFL Publications
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before tour Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20). I serve on the board of a pregnancy care center, which means that I get to see a bit...
by afladmin | Oct 23, 2017 | AFL Publications
Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:16) It is amazing that God would have to institute a commandment that would tell a man not to shed...
by afladmin | Oct 17, 2017 | AFL Publications
Matthew 22:15-22 Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. (Matthew 22:21) One of the things that many of us may not appreciate sufficiently is Jesus’ mind. His toughness and his tenderness are readily...
by afladmin | Oct 10, 2017 | AFL Publications
Exodus 32:1-14 Idolatry is a serious sin, the most serious sin in the Bible. But what is it? Why would Israel, having been miraculously delivered from Egypt, make a molten calf in explicit disobedience to the Lord’s command? Fear. It really is as simple as that....
by afladmin | Oct 3, 2017 | AFL Publications
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has...
by afladmin | Sep 26, 2017 | AFL Publications
Exodus 20:1-20 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16) Veribicide precedes Homocide.* The sentence is from Paul Greenberg, a syndicated columnist who writes for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. What he means by it is that, in order to do...
