Articles by: Pastor Rod Hembree

As we begin the Bible anew this year, I’m struck with how much of our understanding of the world is influenced be how we see its beginning. Most people in the West have been trained to forget that God had anything to do with the

Where there is a beginning, there is an end. The Bible tells us that the universe and all things in it were created in the beginning. So, the question is: When will the end be? That question was answered by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24

Words have tremendous power! Yet in today's world, words are cheap; they tend to mean everything and nothing at the same time. We can point out something and it be taken in a derogatory way, and then be accused of hate speech. But depending on

For so many years man was fallen in sin without God’s promised Messiah to help him. Since Genesis 3:15-17, God had promised a way to redeem man from his sinful curse, but He seemed to be very late in fulfilling it. It is interesting how

The problem with discerning truth today is not that we have the ability make decisions about what truth is, but that we are limited in discovering the truth from the sources we have. The Bible is available to everyone in the Western world. If we

There are many people today who claim to be a prophet. But what does that mean? A prophet, according to common understanding, is someone who hears the LORD in his spirit and tells others what God is saying for us right now. But how do

A prophet is called by God to speak on His behalf. A prophecy is spoken in a variety of ways, such as moral judgment, a call to action and repentance, a prediction of what will happen, and so on. But despite the differences in subject

In Hebrew, wisdom means, “to be prudent, to be circumspect, to have understanding”. Israel’s contribution to wisdom literature is to place all wisdom in the context of faith in the LORD. What is interesting about biblical wisdom is that it requires us to think about

Not only will we complete the book of Job this month, but we will also finish things off in the Psalms! While Job is a wonderful book that offers a deeper theological and moral insight, the Psalmists speak to our soul from a different perspective.

When governments govern themselves, it creates a huge mess. One nation will always have more power, and other nations will covet that power. Decisions are made in the name of prosperity, prestige, and pride. Yet sooner or later the pendulum of public opinion or a