Mountain Top Musings

There are many lessons to learn from the visit of the Magi. It is a wise man indeed who falls at Jesus’ feet to worship Him. There are numer...

  There is much that might be said concerning the long war between God and Satan, that this brief devotional on Revelation 12 cannot exhaust...

  God desires and deserves every praise from every person in every place. This is the repeated refrain of Psalm 67. “Let all the peoples pra...

Both the commencement and conclusion of Psalm 32 provide the bookends for the content: the blessedness of forgiveness. David starts with an ...

  Do you want to rob yourself and your flock of God’s blessing?  Then ignore prophecy—and in particular do not preach from Revelation. Our L...

Psalm 14 declares the depravity of humanity. Every person is born tainted with sin (cf. Rom.3:23). The Psalmist says, “there is none who doe...

  As a follower of Christ, I should know what I believe and why I believe it. Consequently, it is to produce a living hope in me.  The Chris...

  The earth has warmed and it is time to put in the garden. We labor as we till the soil, stoop to sow, with weeding to come.  Sore muscles ...

  A group of us are to fly to Vermont this morning where God has planted a church and is making inroads with the Gospel. Seed has been sown ...

  Satan is pictured as a roaring lion seeking to devour us (1 Peter 5:8). We may be sure that his offspring—lions and lionesses, often in th...

Who runs the church?  Is it a pastor, or maybe the elders, or perhaps the deacons, or some combination—who is in charge? It better be Jesus!...

The old hymn begins,       How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord       Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word. That firm founda...

  Hall of Fame coach, the late Vince Lombardi ,would begin every training camp with this statement, “Gentlemen, this is a football.”  Then, ...

The mystery of godliness—God manifested in the flesh—made me think of these words by C.S. Lewis in “Mere Christianity”: “I am trying here to...

I commenced this message with a charge to the elders, and now I want to conclude with a challenge to the members.   First stand faithful wit...

The Apostle’s commitment will be to the end, sealed in his own blood.  Here is his swan song—Paul’s last will and testament. There are refle...

John Maxwell says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.”  It is true in all dimensions of life—including the church and the elders who...

The dungeon was dark and damp.  Rodents raced across the floor and fleas gnawed at the flesh. The smell of sweat and urine hung heavy in the...

We can be confident in the perfection of the Word, “All  Scripture is inspired by God,” (2 Timothy 3:16a). Literally, it is “God breathed.” ...

The Sword of the Spirit is the Word of God.  This is how Jesus conquered Satan, and so must we with, “It is written!”   This mighty weapon m...