and their religion is worthless” (1:26). “The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It ...
Lord God, I feel dirty with self-centeredness and pride as I approach your presence. I ask you to wash me, cleanse me,and purge me.Blot out my iniquities,I pray. I praise you for your mercy and steadfast lovethat prompt you to abound with forgiveness. “Create in me a clean heart, ...
When we view the scripture in context there was unquestionably a global flood that adequately (and more correctly) explains the fossil record…so the enigma is for the old earthist, who must redefine a world-consuming flood to mean a minor middle eastern rain storm and then create epicycles ...
These new “politically-correct”traditionsare in violation of scripture. Of course, the UCC teachings on the Godhead have long been based more on traditions of men than sacred scripture. And its no-Father announcements are even more away from scripture than even before. Now, UCC is not the ...
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. … With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who ...
Scripture is clear that believers should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. So how could a deeply immoral man—a drunkard—be drawn to and ultimately united with a devoted Christian? However, one lesson I have learned prior to this time is that no matter how much we think we understan...
God didn’t create evil, God doesn’t use evil, and God won’t allow evil. God is good. Only good. Always good. His only connection with evil is to disallow it through the power of the cross. God vs. Evil Read Richard Murray’s New Book ...
“Scripture also refers to all believing people as ‘living stones’ in 1 Peter 2:5. “Even in the story of David and Goliath, the shepherd took ‘smooth stones’ (1 Samuel 17:40) as the weapon to defeat the evil giant, because we the believers are, on the metaphoric level, the fe...
Scripture does say “the prayers of a righteous man accomplishes much” but we need to understand what that means. Proverbs says to “delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” When our will aligns with God’s will for us, our prayers will be gran...
The leader in Scripture that had His own independent, clever, really cool plans for the universe was Satan. That’s sobering. You and I, whether we’re leaders or not, are called to follow Jesus, to get our gifted empowerment from Jesus, to walk everyday with and absolutely depend on ...