After Adam and Eve sinned, God provided them a vivid introduction to death, perhaps killing an animal in their presence to make tunics for them to wear.

God has given us a faculty that protects us from despair, discourages folly, and counters pride: memory. Memory is central to our relationship with God.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. Every age has had crises that seemed intolerable at the time.

Life consists of a set of experiences. We could not develop character unless we could remember the results or consequences of our daily choices.

'Manasseh' means 'forgetful' or 'making forgetful.' From its founding in colonial days, its people have tended to forget the past and plunge into the future.

How can we avoid repeating the mistake of forgetting God's interventions? He provides us the Sabbath to reflect deeply on His presence in our lives.

In our daily walk through life, we may not see evidence of God's intervention if we become distracted by problems and frustrations.

How do we endure while facing life's problems? How do we ensure that we make it through those unprecedented trials promised as our world nears its end?

We will not have faith tomorrow simply because we had it yesterday; we must renew faith daily by deliberately remembering God's prior interventions.

Both Tabernacles and Unleavened Bread keep us off balance so that we remain humble, seek stability, and trust in God's providence for our ultimate destiny.

God does not forget our sins because He cannot any longer remember them, but because He actively chooses to forget them upon our repentance.

Graduations bring advice-laden commencement speeches designed to inspire and motivate young people, sending them out to their destinations and destinies.

God has a pattern that we can use for planet formation, a skill He will teach us after we assume a glorified spirit body following our resurrection.

Caleb and Joshua withstood the fearmongering tactics of the ten faithless spies by calling to mind the providence God had shown toward Israel.

God is allowing these increasing acts of terrorism as punishment for our peoples' forsaking the Covenant with Him and despising His holy law.

Our goal is to know Christ on a personal basis, knowing the power of His resurrection. This knowledge should be a practical understanding of His power.

Paradoxically, humble obedience and dependency upon God strengthens us, while prideful self-sufficiency weakens us.