According to God’s Word, sometimes you have to walk away from a person (or people). When all godly remedies are exhausted, and even though it may be a very, very hard thing to do, Scripture tells us to walk away at very specific times. (To be crystal clear on this: there is an extremely narrow window in […]
The dash on the tombstone represents the time from your birth to the date of your death. What do you want your dash to consist of? It matters not what we own or have (i.e. cars, houses, cash, etc.). It really is about how we live and love, and share ourselves with others that is […]
“Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) C.S. Lewis and I agree: pride is at the center of all evil! Here’s what Lewis said in “Mere Christianity” (page 109) about this subject, which I wholeheartedly agree: The essential vice, the utmost evil, is pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and […]
When my dad (technically he was my stepfather, but was the only father who raised me, so hence he was my dad) got a horrific disease in the final year of his life, all his muscle functions were slowly stripped away, eventually killing him. He couldn’t even eat normally for the last 6 months of […]
John 8 The Truth Will Set You Free (31-38) So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My Word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered Him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is […]
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God (Romans 8:28a) Come on now! Do ALL things really work together for good? It doesn’t seem that way … does it? Well, first we need to understand what it means to truly love God. That is who “everything is working […]
Are you of the world or of the Lord? You can’t be both! The evidence of your life speaks for itself. For the rest of this post, I will let God do all the talking… Matthew 6:24 – “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love […]
Genesis 1:26-27 “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness’…So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” What does God tell husbands they need to do to keep their wives fulfilled and to satisfy their femininity? They must […]
To God, did you know our righteous acts can very well be compared to filthy rags (Isa 64:6)? How is this so? Well, things done by human effort influenced by worldly thinking are often done for selfish gain. These things could look really good on the surface, and maybe even to others watching, but at […]
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh….The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Gal 5:16,22-23a). Now, how does one walk by the Spirit and experience His fruit? First John 1:6-9 has the answer… “If we say […]