Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
2014 Almost Here – Happy New Year??? Substantial changes are coming to America; perhaps this would be a good time to sit down and meditate for a few minutes on these changes from a Christian perspective. Storm clouds have darkened the horizon. A “perfect storm” (I call it “Brutus”) is swirling offshore with tremendous energy, […]
Where Was God in Aurora?
A day or two after the Aurora, Colorado massacre on July 21, 2012, Stephen Prothero, a religious blogger at CNN, teased CNN readers by transposing Pope Benedict’s 2006 question from, “Where was God during Auschwitz?” to “Where was God in Aurora?” A few days later, Prothero indicated on his blog that seven basic answers could […]
Should We Test the Lord for Answers?
Recently, I received the following question about prayer which many people share: “Last year, my wife and I were offered an investment opportunity that really caught our attention. The opportunity was not a ‘get rich quick’ scheme. It appeared to be a legitimate situation that came about on its own merit. We discussed it and […]
Fear Monsters
1 John 4:18 According to a Greek legend, there was a courtier named Damocles (dam-o-clees) who served a tyrant. King Dionysius II (di-o-nee-see-us) was lavishly self-indulgent, incompetent and immoral. Dionysius had obtained the throne through subterfuge and mutiny, and his subjects despised him for it. The king employed Damocles primarily because he was witty and […]
Why Does God Put the Ark of the Covenant on Display
God’s Ten Commandments were inscribed on two tablets of stone by His own finger, and they are called “covenant” or “testimony.”
Facing Two Tomorrows
Dear Mr. Wilson: Do you still think the Great Tribulation will begin in 2011? More and more, I feel uneasy about world conditions, and my fear of the future has changed my way of life. My wife also believes the end is near, but she wants to hurry up and do everything that she has […]
Political Activism?
Dear Mr. Wilson: I am in a quandary. Do you think Christians should become involved in the political unrest that is brewing in our country? I believe our country is in serious trouble. I also believe that we are facing several problems that will require painful solutions. I am wondering what I can do, if […]
Esau and Jacob – Conclusion
Two issues were presented in last month’s Wake Up Report! that require a short review. First, to appreciate the context of Jacob’s actions, we need to remember that Jacob was about seventy years old when he deceived his father, Isaac. In other words, Jacob’s deception was not a youthful indiscretion. Jacob covered himself with animal […]
Abraham and Isaac – Seven Prophetic Samples
A Recent Prophetic Sample From time to time, God graciously gives mankind prophetic samples of things to come. For example, a few weeks ago on July 19, an unexpected asteroid impacted Jupiter. The crash created an impact crater approximately 6,000 miles wide! Fifteen years earlier, a comet, named Shoemaker-Levy 9, broke apart and impacted Jupiter. […]