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Who chose (or is choosing or will choose) your wife?? Bad choice = Bad support. God's choice = Godly support.
View ArticleThe Last Christian Standing
When everyone else is compromising, will you be UNcompromising? Are you willing to be the fuddy-duddy, the stick-in-the-mud, the square, the goody-two-shoes, the odd-man-out, the weirdo, the fanatic,...
View ArticleFaith: Obedience to Go, Where You do not Know (Because God told You So)
How many times have we quenched the Spirit with icy-cold waters of logic? How often have we felt God tug on our hearts... but calculated our way out of responding? "It doesn't 'add-up'?", we say. So we...
View ArticleMoney can buy…
Money can buy: Food, but not an appetite A bed, but not sleep Medicine, but not health Books, but not brains
View ArticleObedience Fashions the Foundation for Fortitude
The modern church does not suffer, primarily, from a lack of teaching: the modern church suffers from a lack of obedience. The failure of the church today is that Believers refuse to practice the...
View ArticleWill you Pass on the Faith Baton?
The test of Isaac's faith was whether he would pass on the "promissory note" to his children. We ONLY pass on the things we truly believe in.
View ArticleSay Hello to Holiness
Mercy makes sanctification (holiness) possible, peace makes preservation possible, and love makes service/ministry (our calling) possible.
View ArticleGrappling with Grace
We must contend for our faith, by fighting for holiness, standing against false teaching and demonstrating, by the obedient lives we live, the truth of the Gospel: that it is possible for a man to live...
View ArticleThe Hath and the Hath Nots
To those who sought God, He gave them understanding. And, as their faith grew, they had even more faith. As they understood Jesus’ Word, they could understand even more. As the served God, their...
View ArticleSix Principles of Salvation
...since we are unable to come to God, God draws us, God invites us: This is God’s grace. To overcome our incapacity, our depravity and our impotence, God must use His infinite capacity, His singular...
View ArticleThe Conquerors
Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three. One lived and died for self; one died for you and me; One led vast armies forth; the other walked alone. One shed a whole world's blood; the other gave His...
View ArticleGold, Frankincense, and Myrrh | Dedication, Worship, and Service
The example set by the wise men who brought gifts to Jesus has made the giving of gifts an integral part of celebrating Christmas: Jesus’ birth. However, the gifts we give each other, today, bear very...
View ArticleFingerprints of False Teachers and False Doctrines
False teachers/doctrine can be identified. The only remaining question is whether or not we care to identify them and contend for the faith. It is easier to go along with the status quo than to...
View ArticlePerspective on Prayer Projects
When prayer is all we can give, then it is a great gift indeed. But, if we can give more today, then we must do more than just pray. If prayer is all we are willing to give, then we don’t really want a...
View ArticleThe Upside of Down | Disappointment, Depression and Spiritual Growth
Rather than deny our disappointments with God, it is far more helpful to face them head on. Yes, even it means we complain, whine, and fuss just like a child would. We must confront the reality that...
View ArticleThe Temptation of Jesus | Learning how to fight back under satan’s attack
...on the authority of God and by our faith in His certainties, we have everything we need to withstand satanic attacks. Jesus set for us a new pattern: first, we rest in the strength of our...
View ArticleGleanings from The Garden of Gethsemane
Bearing our sins on the Cross was such a burden that the Creator and Sustainer of the entire (physical AND spiritual) universe was almost overwhelmed. Grace is NOT cheap.
View ArticleMission to the Masses: Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats?
The need of the hour for today's ministry is believing scholarship joined with earnest spirituality, the one springing from the other as fruit from the root. The need is Biblical doctrine, so...
View ArticleReal Knowledge Produces Real Humility
We must fight to maintain God’s truth in our local congregations. We must oppose those who would claim to have knowledge and authority beyond that which is given to us in the Bible.
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