(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 […]
God knows just the right time to… (tweet)
September 11, 2012 by
(click picture to enlarge) “Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.” (Proverbs 25:11)
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. […]
Messiah Complex (redux) plus podcast
September 6, 2012 by
(To listen to the podcast of this post, click here.) The Reverend James Warren “Jim” Jones. I was in high school (1978) when the news came of the Congressman (Leo Ryan) being shot and killed in Jonestown, Guyana where Jim Jones based his cult. Only later it would be discovered that 900+ people died after […]
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 […]
10 Lies of the Devil (redux) plus podcast
August 8, 2012 by
(To listen to the podcast of this post, click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2 and click here for Part 3.) I have written on this topic before. (To read 10 Lies of the Devil, click here. To read 10 More Lies of the Devil, click here.) I feel strangely moved to […]
Men Jesus Called (video teaching series)
August 4, 2012 by
(For the entire Men Jesus Called teaching series by Richard @mcProdigal and Mike @aheartforgod, click here.)
Information Please (Don’t Doubt the Impression You’re Making)
July 15, 2012 by
(The author of this piece is unknown. I had to post it because you have to read it.) When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. […]
Why Not Sex Outside of Marriage?
July 6, 2012 by
“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18; NIV) I’ve always been fascinated by the tigers at the zoo. I can remember one zoo in particular (Como Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota) where you could look down upon […]
Don’t worry about what others think… (tweet)
June 14, 2012 by
(click picture to enlarge) “‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.’” (Jeremiah 31:3b)
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