(This is the fifth in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 5 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: BECOMING OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE Now if ever there were a day where not falling into this particular trap would be a challenge for believers, it would be our day. Wouldn’t you agree? Just look at […]
Trap 4 Christians Fall Into: Playing “Holy Spirit Junior”
September 8, 2012 by
(This is the fourth in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 4 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: PLAYING “HOLY SPIRIT JUNIOR” “‘And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin.’” (John 16:8a) Part of the Holy Spirit’s work on this planet ~ in people’s lives ~ is to convict them of sin. […]
Trap 1 Christians Fall Into: Thinking God is Angry with Them
August 22, 2012 by
(This is the first in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 1 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: THINKING GOD IS ANGRY As a believer in Jesus Christ, have you ever thought God was angry with you? It’s not so hard to see why many of us fall into this trap. I mean, in many […]
Evil People, Dying to Self and 7 Responses When You’re Wronged
August 11, 2012 by
“‘But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.’” (Matthew 5:39) A professor in Bible college once told my class (of future pastors), “Don’t go into the ministry unless you’re ready to die.” (It’s funny what you remember from […]
Contemptible Christianity
January 20, 2012 by
It’s one thing for an unbeliever to hold someone in contempt even when it’s a Christian. It’s a completely different thing when a believer, a follower of Jesus does it (holds a fellow believer in contempt). It happens all the time. You see, certain “followers of Christ” view other Christians and they (the “followers of […]
On a Dragon, a Boy, Sinners and Forgiveness
January 6, 2012 by
“Sleeping on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” In the Narnia series book, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, the boy Eustace is confronted with “himself.” Having become alone on an island, he’s cornered by a hideous creature. It has awful […]
The Sin That Can Not Be Forgiven – Part 2
June 7, 2011 by
The Sin That Can Not Be Forgiven – Part 1
June 7, 2011 by
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“Squeeze”
May 19, 2011 by
“‘But I will harden Pharoah’s heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.’” (Exodus 7:3) “‘But I will harden Pharoah’s heart.’” In other passages of the Escape from Egypt story it reads: “Pharoah’s heart was hardened” (Exodus 7:13) or “Pharoah hardened his heart.” (Exodus 8:32a) And so the […]
The Only Hope for a Tiger is (Still) a Lion
February 15, 2011 by
It has been a year since I wrote about Tiger Woods’ apology for his adulteries and his commitment to “change.” (Click here to read: “The Only Hope for a Tiger is a Lion.”) I am moved to write again as this poor young man is in a “trap” (pun intended) and downward spiral. (I don’t […]
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