by Robert Bryant | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The End of the Beginning The Preacher begins Ecclesiastes 7 with a striking statement: “(Better is) the day of death than the day of birth.” Although it may seem abrupt, this introduction leads directly to profound personal reflections. What we think of our latter end...
by Robert Bryant | Mar 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Being Good Without God Perhaps you saw it on television as I did: the atheist’s ad with a picture of Santa Claus and the words: “Why believe in a god? Just be good, for goodness sake.” This is pithy, but does it make any sense? Let’s analyze the tea leaves on this...
by Robert Bryant | Mar 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our Rights and Responsibilities Christians are citizens of two realms, the earthly and the spiritual, and rights and responsibilities rule supreme in both realms. As citizens of heaven (Phil. 3:20), Christians are commanded to be obedient to the Lord Jesus (Exod....
by Robert Bryant | Feb 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen to Good People? This is an age-old question and one of the most difficult in theology to answer. Atheists like to throw this thunderbolt at God’s people whenever they get the chance to hopefully nail us to the wall. Some like to...
by Robert Bryant | Feb 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Woe unto you, you blind guides, which say, whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!” (Matthew 23:16) The 23rd chapter of Matthew contains some harsh denunciations as Jesus delivers the...
by Robert Bryant | Feb 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
What is the Purpose of life? What is the meaning of life? So many people have never stopped to consider these important questions. They look back years later and wonder why they feel so empty, so alone, even though they may have achieved what they set out to...
by Robert Bryant | Feb 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
“To Die Is Gain.” Here is a strange and wonderful statement, made by the Apostle Paul in the inspired Word of God: “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain…Paul is saying, here that for a Christian, it is far better, to go to heaven than to remain here on earth....
by Robert Bryant | Jan 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two Cities In the book of Revelation (Chapters 17-22), the apostle John presents a vision of two cities that symbolize two distinct destinies and ways of living. These cities are Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This concept aligns with Augustine’s description of...
by Robert Bryant | Jan 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Looking Into The Future (Part II of II) III. Our Hope “And sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2c). Jesus sat down because His work was finished. In the Old Testament, the priests on duty could never sit down because their work of offering...
by Robert Bryant | Jan 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Looking Into The Future (Part I of II) “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2). I. Our Focus “Let us...
