Dean Dwyer

There is a humorous (but fictional) story told about some children who were raised in an orphanage.  As they were brought out to lunch one day, there was a huge basket of apples sitting on a table.  In front of the apples was a sign: Take only one, God is watching .  On the next table was another basket, but no sign.  This basket was overflowing with delicious chocolate chip cookies.  As the children stared at the baskets, one young boy said to the others, “Take all the cookies you want, God...

Have you ever heard the expression, “I’m no Rhodes Scholar”?  It is a self-deprecating way of indicating that a person cannot match the intelligence of another.  But have you ever wondered what the term “Rhodes Scholar” even means?  People generally equate it with those who have had the opportunity to seek education at the highest levels.  However, there is a dark side to the name and legacy of the person from whom the Rhodes Scholarship derives its name.   Cecil John Rhodes was born in 1853...

Isaiah chapters 24 to 27 are commonly called “Isaiah’s Little Apocalypse”.  These chapters provide important context to God’s prophetic program as they describe a global judgement that will end with the destruction of God’s enemies.  Nestled in these chapters is a song that will be sung by the redeemed when the Messiah establishes the Millennial Kingdom.  In part, it reads:   You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You (Isaiah 26:3) .  Not only...