Ernest Hemingway once said that if something is moral, you feel good afterwards; if immoral, you feel bad afterwards. That’s a popular view of sin – many have lived by it. But it’s not a biblical view. Biblically, sin is an attitude of wanting your way instead of God’s way. Ho...
I am not saying that we should not address these things biblically, but what is happening, in my estimation, is that those topics are being addressed in the church by worldly thoughts and not in biblical thoughts. It is that very thing that led our church into a more biblically based deno...
When Peter tells the suffering Christians to extend covering love, that can’t be compared to God’s amazing covering of our sin; but our actions are to flow from His example. God’s love does not take into account a wrong after it’s been dealt with biblically—covered. That should be...
The enemy does that to everyone, so God sends people as messengers to reach others before it is too late. (Understand, there are no coincidences when you meet someone who shares this with you.) GOD’S KINGDOM Let me tell you about God’s future Kingdom; this is where “You’re ...
How you cope with the pain and pressures of life reveals more about what you believe about God than it does about the pains and pressures of life. He really is the God of all comfort who longs to comfort you in all your afflictions. Nothing is too big for Him. Nothing is too small...
I know more than one Christian who has decided to rethink God’s definition of love due to the cultural messages about what loveactuallyis, or why God’s word doesn’treallymean what it teaches. But does this change of heart truly result in more love, more joy, more hope? It sometimes...
the stuff that makes bread rise (okay, maybe that’s yeast). Basically, it’s all the stuff that we don’t eat on Pesach (Passover). Bread, bagels, crackers, anything wheat that’s risen. Basically, anything flour and water that’s been allowed to ferment. Obviously this does not inc...
“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”– Psalm 46:5. What does this mean and promise us? On our own accord, we cannot accomplish the purpose and plan God has for our individual lives. It is the power of God in us,
Im Hosea 6:1-2 it says… “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but He will heal us; He has injured us but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will restore us.” ...
God does not ban all fictitious magic, but in Deut. 18 and other Scriptures he does condemn actual pagan idolatry.