Job made an interesting observation when he was answering his friends’ accusations as to why so many bad things had happened to him. “A lamp is despised to the thought of one who is at ease; it is made ready for those whose feet slip” (Job 12:5). While the structure of this verse might at…

In May of 1992, former US President George Bush Sr. shared with the nation a firmly held belief. “Government cannot solve all the problems. We may be able to make good laws, but it’s never been able to make good men. That doesn’t come from Big Brother. It comes from your family. It comes from…

How important are relationships within the Body of Christ? This question is prompted by the state of affairs in what we broadly refer to as “the world.” The world is a generic term for planet earth and all life on it, including human civilization. We use it generally to address our environment. Currently, much press…

Recently I read a statement made by a major religious denomination based in the United States that surprised me. They wrote, “Divine grace is needed by every soul in consequence of the Fall of Adam …”. What is meant by “soul” is not stated, but the belief in the “fall of Adam” is linked to…

In the beginning, God said, “…Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26). What a privilege God has given us — out of all His vast creation. King David was both humbled and thankful for the understanding of such a privilege too. “I will praise You, for I am fearfully…

When we respond to Christ’s direction to “go into your room and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place,” what visualization of God forms in your mind? When we talk to another person face to face, we see the person we are talking to, and most…

There is one subject where practically everyone in the world is in agreement. That is the idea that “everybody else has it better than I do!”. Who doesn’t know someone for whom things are not going “better” than for me? Despite the fact that, in the western world, we live in one of the most…

There are numerous words that we use in our daily vocabulary that have changed meaning over the years. For example, not very long ago the word “gay” had a totally different connotation than it does today. Have we allowed ourselves to appropriate a meaning to the word “Gentile” that was not intended? In Galatians the…

banner /–> The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, told the country in her New Year message that if her Brexit deal was passed by Parliament, the country could move forward together and begin a new chapter. The government could then work on fixing important domestic issues. If it were only that simple.…

The calendar year of 2019 is looking more and more like it will be a year of upheaval. Nothing certain can be predicted, but there are indications that the world order as we have known it is changing. An important focus is what is happening in the United Kingdom and in America. These are two…

In the word of God there are many stories of heroes. We can read of Abraham and Jacob, of David and of Paul and others. It can be very revealing and encouraging for us to see them as they really were, what they did, how they reacted and also how God viewed them. These were…

enter size-full wp-image-14285″ src=”https://thefatherscall.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TFCNewsletterHeader.png” alt=”Foundation” width=”800″ height=”145″> A common practice amongst government departments is that of lobbying. Lobbyists put pressure on individuals in government to persuade them to do something. We are also familiar with terms like group pressure, peer pressure and social pressure. The idea is to influence someone to conform to those who…

enter size-full wp-image-14285″ src=”https://thefatherscall.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TFCNewsletterHeader.png” alt=”Foundation” width=”800″ height=”145″> “Forewarned is forearmed,” is an old and wise saying. Thus, the relevant message to believers is that we should always be aware of what is going on around us in our culture from a spiritual perspective. That’s the very thing that the Apostle Paul warned of in 1…