Pontius Pilate’s Fatal Flaw – Part 3

PONTIUS PILATE (This is the third in a four-part series. To read Part 1 and Part 2, click here and click here.) I want to continue to talk to you about a Roman procurator (governor) of Judea at the time of Christ (A.D. 26-36). His name is Pontius Pilate. And the point of this blog […]

Pontius Pilate’s Fatal Flaw – Part 2

PONTIUS PILATE (This is the second in a four-part series. To read Part 1, click here.) I want to continue to talk to you about a Roman procurator (governor) of Judea at the time of Christ (A.D. 26-36). His name is Pontius Pilate. And we’re back now and turning away from Jesus confronting Pilate on […]

Pontius Pilate’s Fatal Flaw – Part 1

“Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, ‘What accusation do you bring against this Man (Jesus)?’ They answered and said to him, ‘If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.’ So Pilate said to them, ‘Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.’ The Jews […]

Test Your Knowledge of Easter (redux)

Are you pretty up on things surrounding the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ? Let’s find out (answers below and page links to where answers were gained)… 1. Each Easter Americans buy the following amount of Marshmallow Peeps shaped like chicks, bunnies and eggs (of which yellow is the #1 color chosen): (a) 7 […]

Gals and Guys and the Lust of the Eyes

(This is an excerpt from the blog post: A Heart Gone Cold – Part 3.) “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes.” (1 John 2:16a) What is the lust of the eyes? In the words of one Bible teacher, it’s the “strong and sinful […]

My Crazy Easter Story (redux)

I gotta tell you guys a crazy Easter story. Want to hear it? 🙂 #HolyWeek — aheartforgod (@aheartforgod) April 3, 2012 I lost my wedding ring a long time ago right around Christmas time… #HolyWeek #Easter — aheartforgod (@aheartforgod) April 3, 2012 I looked high & low, wide & long for that wedding ring, but […]

Rule to Having a Relationship with God

“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) RULES OF GOLF I don’t know how many of you are into the sport of golf (either watching it on TV or playing). I’ve found […]

Who Killed Jesus?

“‘Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.’” (John […]

Did You Really Find God?

“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.” (John 15:16a; KJV) I FOUND CHRIST I’ve often heard people who get saved say (and new converts often say this), “I found Christ.” And you may have heard a preacher or two (even me!) in the past upon hearing that statement come back with the […]

Friendly Fire (redux)

FOG OF WAR According to wikipedia, “friendly fire” is the “inadvertent (unintentional) firing towards one’s own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death.” It goes on to attribute many “friendly fire” incidents to a so-called “fog of war.” It adds: “Fog of war incidents […]