Life can be a turbulent flight—delays, cancelations, boarding challenges, sickness, violence, hatred, fear, death—even getting a ticket can be a burden, but there is a better, first-class way to fly—Hesed Air.   The prophet Hosea recommends it when you’re trying to get back home to God. 6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6   Here is the preflight plan of Hosea 6. God’s people were flying in some r

I had a friend whose opinion I respect asked about my pending message from the pulpit: “Are you going to be political?” Is my preaching political? As I aspire to “ preach the truth in love” according to Paul’s admonition to the church at Ephesus (Eph. 4:15-16), it is a fair question:  15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies,

It’s that time of the year when many people make resolutions for the new year and make plans accordingly. And they go to all kinds of measures to get a glimpse into the future to that plan: tea leaves, tarot cards, and horoscopes. Let’s not forget Nostradamus—the 16 th -century astrologer—whose 1555 text, “Les Propheties,” sees continued global strife, war on the seas, royal turmoil and humanitarian disasters for 2025. Aren’t we always in a time of global strife, war, and dis

Is it you? A couple of mischievous boys were constantly in trouble. You name it; they did it. At their wits end, the parents sent them to a local preacher who had a reputation for successfully straightening out hell-raising kids. The minister agreed to speak with the boys individually. The younger one went first. “Where is God?” The boy made no response. So, the preacher raised his fire-and-brimstone voice, “WHERE IS GOD?' At that, the boy bolted for the door, ran home, and h

Hold to your integrity and tongue.  In today’s warfare, weapons come in many high-tech forms: drones, missiles, and satellites. Victory depends on strategic deployment. When the battlefield is spiritual, when integrity is under attack in high places—public, private, or political, “speak softly, and carry a better stick.” Words are often the weapon of choice to defeat your faith. Your enemy is not afraid to take you down by mouth. Be strategic in your counterattack like Daniel

Men do.   INTRODUCTION: An apple falling from a tree striking Issaac Newton on the head led him to discover the relationship between gravity and weight. Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object. His theory of gravity revolutionized our understanding of the physical attraction of the universe. Gravity also offers us a picture of the Spiritual Force operating in heavenly realms that identifies our inner reality and relationship with God. Gravity, in a way, is God’s u

It’s a good way to give . In a few days, you will celebrate Thanksgiving—a holiday to focus, with a good meal with family and friends, what you must be grateful for. Everybody knows any good meal requires prep—the get ready to throw down. One sure fire prep to meaningful Thanksgiving is  “servant giving”. Giving to givers is a good way to give. God illustrates this kind of giving in Ezekial 45 as seen in the allotment of the sacred district of the temple: Make a place for God

Watch your step and who you step with. The yellow and black tape at a traffic accident, road hazard or crime scene is generally associated with one word— caution . It’s for your own good to watch your step to avoid danger. But yellow and black tape can also be associated with another word— circumspection —to move carefully toward something or someone that is safe and a service to others. The path to a good space is ladened with boundaries that bring you closer to God. EXPOSIT

…when you hate the right things. This post title is intended to direct your attention to the obvious: hate is in the air. Enmity pollutes our current toxic social climate and pressurizes our relationship atmosphere. Let’s get to the intended question: What’s the right thing to hate? Ezekiel 35:5 is a helpful barometer of hate. Enmity in the eyes of God is our gauge: 5 "Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at

We all eat.   SNAP  (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program); FAN  (Feeding America Network )— food assistance organization “short hands” have dominated recent headlines focused on longlines—people in America waiting for their next meal. That’s right—a first rate country with a third world problem—hunger. Nearly 42 million people face food insecurity daily. It’s nothing new. In Jesus’s day, Matthew 14’s headline reads: Messiah

It’s a lane thing, a heart issue.  More than half a million car wrecks in the U.S. each year are lane violations causing an estimate 60,000 injuries, some fatal. Not staying in your lane kills not only commuters, but kings and kingdoms. An unwise lane change brought down the King of Tyre and wrecked his powerful and wealthy Phoenician city-state in Ezekiel’s day.  The traffic report of Ezekiel 28 is much deeper: a poetic description of the fall of a perfec t angel blindsided

Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says: “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore, behold, I am going  to give you to the people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. Ezeki

Ezekiel 21: 30 “’Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge ...

Ezekiel 16:60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant...

Ezekiel 7:4 I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable...

He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness , each at the shrine of his own idol? They...

22 The LORD'S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. 23 [They] are new every morning; Great is Your...

Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life. Lamentations 3:58 EXPOSITION:  To redeem is to purchase, to deliver....

Our word today is covenant— Berith  in Hebrew—found in Jeremiah 31. Everybody, at some time in life, will be presented with a deal: a...

EXPOSTION: Today’s word is good . The Hebrew word for good is tov or tob. It means good, acceptable, pleasing. You will learn that not...