Life

Life is Found in The Blood

Chapters 17-20 reveal a legal code of conduct for the people of Israel, touching on many areas of their public life. These four chapters deal with four special areas of life that must be respected and kept holy: (1) The sanctity of life (Chap. 17), (2) the sanctity of sex (Chap. …

The Healing Waters

As the vision continues, the prophet sees a stream of water which flows from beneath the south side of the threshold or platform on which the temple is built. The stream of water flows in an easterly direction, south of the altar, and passes under the outside wall of the in …

Job Complains to God

When people suffer so much that their “spirit is broken” they often lose their “fight’ and want life to end (vv. 1-2). It seems this may have been the way Job felt as he sensed that death may be very near. His friends were against him and would not go to c …

IllustrationHow a Typical Life Span of 70 Years is Spent

Someone has calculated how a typical life span of 70 years is spent. Here is the estimate: Sleep 23 YearsWork16 Years TV8 Years Eating6 YearsTravel6 YearsLeisure4.5 YearsIllness4 YearsDressing2 Years Religon0.5 YearsTOTAL70 Years &n …

IllustrationGoing Very Fast in The Wrong Direction

Charles Swindoll tells a story about the 19th Century agnostic Thomas Huxley (some of you might know that it was Huxley who promoted Darwinism and Humanism in his attacks on Christianity). Huxley was in Dublin and was rushing to catch a train. He climbed aboard one of Dublin’s f …

IllustrationCharlie Brown – Life is Like a Deck Chair

In one of Charles Schulz’s famous “Peanuts” cartoons, Lucy is philosophizing and Charlie is listening. Charlie Brown,” she begins, “life is a lot like a deck chair. Some place it to see where they’ve been. And some so they can see where they are at the p …