Christians have asked me, “What does the Bible mean when it says…….?” When responding by saying it means exactly what it says, they seem rather taken aback. It’s as though they’re thinking, “But there must be more to it than that.” Often such questioning can be a key indicator of what kind of teaching they’re getting. Take salvation …
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Looters in Business Suits
The old man learned that one or two of his farm neighbors had their homes looted during some recent floods. It was sad to see the surprised and bewildered expression on his face as he said to the news reporter, “Oh ya can’t do that. That’s not right.” In his late seventies, he was a man who lives by …
Will You Let Truth Bless You or Bite You?
Just a few days before he killed himself, mad Adolf Hitler said to some of his generals, “Everyone has lied to me, everyone has deceived me, no one has told me the truth.” Hitler loved lies; some twenty-five years earlier he made the decision to base his entire life and mission on them. Karl Marx did the …
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These Three Lies
The truth-speaking Pastor told his people, “The generation to whom the lie is told will never believe the truth. Truth speakers will never be given an opportunity to be heard.” This man tells the truth about his race and his race hates him for it. He tells the truth about the church and the church …