Several words in the Bible are not that easy to understand, like the following, atonement, propitiation, redemption, justified, righteous, and sanctified. On more than one occasion, an individual has asked me to explain them. I trust this will help you if you struggle with them as well. Atonement is universal in nature and refers to… Read More »
Everything Else is Decidedly Risky
2 Pet. 1:20-21, “…knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. 21. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” One would think that this Scripture will pave the way for… Read More »
A Rare Kind of Friendship
A Rare Kind of Friendship Pro. 17:17, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” How many friends do you have? Some claim to have thousands of friends and are quick to show you their social media friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. They boast of the sheer number of… Read More »
The Essence of Our Spirituality
The essence of our spirituality The essence of Christian spirituality lies in our relationship with God. Still, we are sadly incompetent when it comes to its application – at least without an example for us to benefit from. The commandment to Love God with our entire being – heart, soul, and mind implies a wholehearted… Read More »
All means all
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16). Most of us already know this scripture and undoubtedly have heard more than one sermon dealing with it over… Read More »
Do as I Say and Not as I Do!
“3. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4. and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5. to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word… Read More »
From Strangers to Family
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God…” (Eph. 2:19). Most of us have our earthly nuclear family; a father, mother, and maybe a sibling or two. We remain attached to them because of the bloodline, but often we… Read More »
Our Actions Will Change Their Forever
“…keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh” (Jude 21-23). In a… Read More »
I Pray We Don’t Stay or Look Back
“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. 50. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it” (Eze. 16:49-50). There are millions of people who… Read More »
Sometimes Running Aground is Necessary
“Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. 22. Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among… Read More »
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