Before delving into my thoughts for this new year, I strongly urge you to read this passage (Luke 8:36-50) carefully and consider what is being said and all that transpires. The story, in brief: – Jesus is invited to dine with one of the Pharisees. – A woman sits at Jesus’ feet, weeping. = She …
Anyone who lives righteously and with integrity, who thinks of others before themselves, and seeks to honor God in all of their day to day dealings – that person will not be upended, they will not be defeated spiritually and they will live in God’s house for eternity.
We are all equal. But, it’s not until we turn to Christ will we become truly free. People can rally and protest, shout slogans and raise fists all they want but nothing will change that truth.
The flat-out truth is, the best any human can do is speculate on another person’s motives. Heck, we can’t even decipher our own motives much of the time!
Claws slashed across our hearts, razor-like teeth dug deeply into flesh, tearing bone from sinew, hot, putrid breath spread through every wound, leaving us damaged, bleeding and diseased. This is just one instance of the carnage that occurs when Christians “let down”.
911. COVID-19. Could it be that we are misreading these events? What is the Christians initial response supposed to be?
The world CAN’T understand! One of the telltale signs of the damnation of the world is the continual rhetoric of so-called intelligent minds. If we’ve not experienced it firsthand, we’ve certainly heard it— people openly professing to have “read the Bible, cover to cover” and found it useless, or full of contradictions, or just another example of “religious claptrap”.
Life, for Christians, is never about the last few weeks, or months, we have to live. It should always be about our entire time on this earth, from the moment we accept Christ as Savior to the moment we go Home.
Only deeds done “in Christ” and by inspiration of the Holy Spirit are looked upon by God as righteous—everything else (including improperly motivated deeds by Christians) is chaff.
When was the last time you lied to cover up something you did; hoping no one would discover your deed? We’re all guilty of such deception. The first epistle of John says, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 Well, we’ve all …
“LORD, I don’t deserve this!” “I see. Would you rather I give you what you do deserve?” This should stop most of us dead in our tracks of self pity. First of all, it’s ironic that we’d start this pity party with the term ‘LORD’. If Jesus is truly LORD of our lives, how could …
– a devotional – “… forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12 ESV) What exactly does this mean? To the same degree I forgive God will also forgive my sins (debts)? If I don’t forgive others, my sins won’t be forgiven either? Remember the parable of the unforgiving servant… …
Everybody’s got an opinion. Many have lots more than anyone cares to hear! Still, we push on, undaunted. Opinions about movies, opinions about the latest apps, opinions about how things should be done, opinions about in-laws (Many of those are justified. I’m just sayin’), and opinions about other people’s opinions. Opinions have been around as …
Does God really impose curses? The concept of being able to curse someone is not new. It has been a common response of humans for millennia. Many cultures believe that it is possible to curse one’s enemies so they become weak or easily defeated. Cursing others has been around forever (James 3:9-10). It is reasonable …
How can a holy God dwell with sinful people? As one becomes more and more acquainted with the depth of God’s holiness several things begin to happen. The Law First of all one develops an ever-increasing sense of one’s own sinfulness. The Law (AKA, the Law of Moses, the 10 Commandments) was meant to reveal …