Kingdom of God

The Vanity of Riches

Our world trains us up to desire the best it has to offer. We recognize faces on the movie screen, and we want to look like that. Beautiful mansions fill us with envy. We want our name in print, our ...

Look Unto the Lord

It depends on our eyes what we see. For cats? Everything is viewed in monochromatic shades of blue and gray. Try a fly’s eyes. You’ll get a 360 degree view of everything all at once. A tarsier ...

The Sky Ran Away with the Earth

Several years ago, a very unusual movie became a box office success. In one scene, the main character, still a child, is being picked on by the school bullies, and his friend tells him to “Run, ...

The Bear and the Morning Sun

There are bears, and then there are bears. We have the cuddly ones we tuck our children in with at night, and then there are the ones that will eat us if they can find us, so that they can fatten up ...

The White Horse and the Winepress

A white horse is the rarest beast of all. Because they are rare, they are revered in all cultures. In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse of palest white. Norse mythology portrays Odin riding ...

The Devil’s Day of Desolation

Christ is our champion. No one in the Christian faith can doubt that. It is in the very name we name ourselves. We are known as the ones who follow Christ, literally, ...

God’s Feast in the World’s Famine

A recent television show on home remodeling was all about a young mother rebounding from a divorce. She was determined to get back on her feet again. The designers cut a slogan out of sheet metal and ...

Feasting with the King

Attend the Texas Renaissance Festival, and you can reserve a table at the King’s Feast. In Sacramento, the King of Feasts at the Sacramento Zoo will wrap you in the sounds of Hawaii as you dine on ...

The Angels of God’s Winds

Wind is one of the most destructive forces on the planet. It is also one of the most beneficial. Without the wind, smog would smother the cleanest of our cities. Wind stirs the oceans, the major ...

Fired in the Flames

Certain types of clay have unique properties. Wet, they are malleable. We can change their shapes; form them into whatever we want them to be. Leave them alone, and they will become rigid, slowly ...

God’s Savings Account

Having a stash of cash is not a bad idea. Experts tell us that three months of income should be easily accessible, ready for use in any ...

God’s Generous Payout Plan

We tease about couples who bicker with each other, saying, “She married him. She got what’s coming to ...

The Eunuch’s Seven Qualifications

In general terms, a eunuch is a man who has no personal ambitions or goals. He is considered the most loyal of servants, and his life’s work is to perpetuate the goals of his ...