By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.08/10/2022He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.” (Matthew 16:2–3)I still remember the first major league baseball game...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.08/03/2022For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.(2 Corinthians 11:13–14)Satan has been conspiring with fallen angels and human agents to take over the world for approximately six thousand years now. Just moments after his failed coup in heaven, ...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.07/07/2022Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. (Romans 4:4–5)A few years ago, Wendy and I were having dinner at a restaurant near a church where I was speaking. It was the third day of the conference, and I had spoken several ti...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.06/28/2022He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! (Revelation 22:20)Recently Wendy and I had the opportunity to get away for a rare vacation. It had been more than two decades since we were able to break away from family and ministry and enjoy a week of down time. We spent a week on the beach and watched the sunset ...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.03/29/2022Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3)When I was in high school, I worked at my uncle’s Schwinn bicycle shop. Each day, after school, I would head over to the shop, take my place at one of the bike-stands in the back, and begin working on the tasks my uncle had laid out for me. Usually this meant a...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.02/28/2022Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” (John 6:14)Several years ago, there was a television show on CBS called Person of Interest. The series focused on a mysterious reclusive billionaire computer programmer, Harold Finch (played by Michael Emerson), who developed a computer program...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.1/30/2022But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. (Romans 4:5)If you have ever purchased a car on credit, you are familiar with the concept of installment plans. You know how it works. You pay a certain amount of money up front and then so much a month until you eventually own the car. These days, mos...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.01/23/2022And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8) The Chicago Cubs were having a particularly rough season. Their pitching was terrible, and their batting was even worse. On one occasion the Cubs were traveling to play one of the best teams in the ...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.12/10/2021“I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.11/07/2021Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man saws, that he will also reap. (Galatians 6:7)When I was in the seventh grade, I had an English teacher named Mrs. Lewis. She was my favorite teacher. (And I like to think I was her favorite student!) One of the many memories I have from her class involves an exam that she gave and a disappointing grade I recei...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.10/31/2021“Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of my people?” (Jeremiah 8:22)For the past eighteen months or so, the entire world has been battling a pervasive SARS virus. While the virus is real, overwhelming evidence indicates that it has not caused a pandemic, contrary to the official narrativ...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.10/18/2021“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith.” (Habakkuk 2:2-4)Habakkuk w...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.10/18/2021“Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.” (Luke 21:21–22)  It is easy to get discouraged as we watch the world falling apart around us. Lately, I have been so distress...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.08/02/2021“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:23–24)I was sitting in my study at home recently when a thought occurred to me. It was not a particularly profound thought. (They rarely are.) Nor was it comp...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.07/22/2021An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? (Jeremiah 5:30–31)When I was in high school, I remember watching a short public service video in class one day that warned of the dangers of railroad crossings. Aft...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.07/13/2021He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1)By the time I started high school, I had lived in nine homes in eight cities across six different states. The frequent moves were precipitated by my father’s corporate transfers with his employer. Such a transient life can be unsettling to a young child. I hav...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.07/06/2021All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)There are two kinds of people in the world: those who read the instructions and those who do not. For example, let’s say you are at...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.06/28/2021Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, and the end of mirth may be grief. (Proverbs 14:13)People-watching is one of my favorite pastimes. Back in the day when people went to shopping malls instead of Amazon.com to make purchases, I would enjoy sitting on a mall bench and observing my fellow shoppers as they hustled and bustled about. I tried to guess what each person...  Read More