Whispers of Truth

Who’s on the Throne? One of my favorite movies when I was a teenager (and I admit a little beyond) was Highlander starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert as immortals struggling to “keep their heads” because of course, “There can be only one!” It may seem a bizarre train of thought, but as I’ve pondered the upcoming week’s Bible study, this line popped into my head several times this week. The struggle against selfishness is not limited to Christians, but our perspective should be that there is only One on the throne—and it’s not us; it is Jesus Christ, our Lord. This was confirmed to me Sunday when I visited my parents’ church and heard a guest preacher preach from The Revelation to John. The focus verses were Revelation 4:1-4, and in the middle of the passage, even though it was not the emphasis of the message was the very verse that spoke to me the most:  “…and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne” (Rev. 4:2b, KJV). The fact ...

          One thing that we can count on is encountering obstacles in our Christian walk. Fear is one of these huge obstacles for many Christians, and if left unchecked, it can become paralyzing. Continuing with the driving metaphor…one of the things I’ve learned through years of experience is that I will generally steer where I am looking; it only stands to reason that if I begin looking at my obstacles—fear in this case—I’m only going to head straight into the trouble I am hoping to avoid. This sounds counter-intuitive, but it is so true. My focus determines which path I take. If I’m fixated on my fear, I will generally avoid making decisions—at least any sound ones—and that typically gets me in trouble. In the past, I’ve often failed to realize that making no decision because I’m afraid of making a wrong one IS making a decision, and it’s rarely a good one.  When I let fear take over and it paralyzes me, things escalate pretty quickly,...

1220 Ladies’ Fall Bible Study Group (Tallassee, AL - Tuesday Evenings @7:00) Theme: Intersections      Intersection Defined: 1.     The act or state of intersecting. 2.    T he point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other. 3.    The place where two roads meet. 4.    A crossing 5.    Coming together 6.    A juncture Think about it…the term intersection implies that a meeting of two things or people exists—there is a juncture of some kind. For Christians, this requires a joining of our lives with Christ’s. At the junction of the cross, Jesus offered himself for us; he paid the price of our sin debt. At the point of salvation, He calls us on a journey to follow Him, and we begin walking toward eternity with Him at that point. While it can seem long and overwhelming, the journey between here and heaven is a vapor. Consider James 4: 13-17: Come no...

Even though all humans have at least one thing in common (death), I don’t know of anyone who says they enjoy funerals—I know for sure that I don’t. At funerals we mourn the loss of friends, family, or acquaintances, but at the same time funerals often inspire reflection on our own lives, which is seldom pretty or pleasant.  I recently read a Christian novel that made me really think about what it would have been like to live through the Exodus and wilderness experience I have often read about in the Bible. Because ten of the twelve spies brought back negative reports instead of trusting God, wasted years in the wilderness ensued during which the entire generation of warriors who refused to trust God died: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquit...