Others are like ground covered with thorns, which represent “the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things.” These “choke” the word, so, again, plants can’t grow. But the good soil is like people who hear the word, accept it, and bear ...
In the spirit of Christian accountability and comradery which teaches us that “iron sharpens iron” (Prov 27:17) to “test everything and hold on to the good”(1 Thess 5:21) and to “not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God” (1 John 4:1 ...
Hal Lindsey and his followers predict 7 years of tribulation before Jesus returns based on a part of this prophecy. He states that since the church is “raptured” and the “saved” are spared from any uncomfortable situations i.e., the plagues, Anti-Christ, Mark of the Beast etc. But,...
there will be no way for it to help. Herein lies the problem with a believer trying to prove God exists. It probably doesn’t matter much if the person does not want there to be a Creator God. So, the substance and evidence are unimportant to them, and they may never start a journe...
In the meantime, we forget about the meaning of Christmas, which is about the Word became flesh, that the Son of God became a human, to embody the truthfulness of God in a world of deceitfulness and injustice. I can go on to talk about the ideological belief in a highly market-driven...
25A TRUEwitnessdeliverethsouls:but a deceitful[witness] speakethlies. 26In the fearof the LORD[is] strongconfidence:and his childrenshall have a place of refuge. 27The fearof the LORD[is] a fountainof life,to departfrom the snaresof death. ...
The dominating, violent, exclusionary, deceitful, and blasphemous promises of Trump will make the realization of that day harder. But I refuse to despair. Love-rooted-Faith and Love-rooted-Hope, I must. For “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has ...
It is through the use of these horses and chariots that our old man, as the King of Syria, wages war against the Israel of God within us and without. The deceitfulness of sin that lies in all of us creep in unawares in the cover of spiritual darkness. Before we know it, we are ...