They Were made God-dependent not Man-dependent

Due only to the mercy and love of God, I have never forgotten the warning words in a pastor’s sermon spoken many years ago, “most Christians are happy to settle for a word of God, rather than THE word.”  It was a sermon in relation to Jesus’ numerous gospel warnings for His people to take heed – …

Spiritual Cowards

A church-going lady once told me she was unhappy in her marriage and was praying to God, asking Him if it was alright for her to have an affair.  A church-going man in his mid-thirties told me he hated his stepmother so much that he was praying to God for disaster or death to strike her.  Another …

His Distaste for the Complicated and the Sophisticated

There are a multitude of reasons as to why I find the Lord Jesus Christ to be the most fascinating Person ever to enter the human race, not the least of these being His distaste for the complicated and the sophisticated. Jesus’ lack of regard for man’s worldly-wise, complex, intricate belief systems and processes was …

God is Explicit, Particular and Definite in His Instructions to Us

A few years ago I was in a business meeting with my radio colleagues and at some point the word “prayer” was briefly mentioned by someone.  As far as I know I was the only believer among them, but the person who spoke the word gave the impression that prayer might be a good idea, given the problems (especially financial) …

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