Quote: “The purpose of pleasing God, is basic to the purpose of avoiding sin. I say that because some Christians perceive their whole Christian life in terms of avoiding sin. Whereas according to the New Testament avoiding sin is a big thing, even bigger is the practice of rejoicing and hoping and thanking and pleasing …
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What is Happening to Our Freedoms?
What is happening to our freedoms? That’s the question on the lips of countless people in the Western world these days, Christian people among them too, surprisingly. First, an answer for Christians: When we, for decades, allow the Bible to be compromised, humanized and bastardized by godless, false church leaders and their all kinds of godless …
God Jumps for Joy!
I asked the lady from the front office how she was enjoying her work. She said the work was fine, but the work environment was horrible. She was not referring to work space, lighting or ventilation, but rather, the human, relational environment. “There’s no fun around here anymore, Roger. It used to be a joy …
You Can’t Get More Closed-minded Than That!
In sharing my testimony with people about how I first encountered the Lord Jesus Christ, the response has sometimes been something along the lines of, “I’m a Christian too, but I’m not a fundamentalist … I don’t base my Christianity solely upon the Bible, like you do.” When asking what else it is they base their Christianity upon they’ve …
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God’s Response Was Swift!
Recently I watched some video teachings on Babylonian religious practices. I found the subject extremely interesting as the lecturer tied in Babylonian temple deities and religious symbols and objects with what we see in Romanism and Islam … statues and symbols representing all kinds of deities, sun gods, moon gods, goddesses, ritual care and practice and the worship of anything considered sacred. Following …
God Wants our Being before Our Doing
A friend made a comment on one of my blog posts recently, highlighting that, “Fear not is one of, if not THE most commonly used phrase in God’s word.” Not having thought of it like that, I decided to get my concordance out and check. My friend is right. Using them in their correct context, the words “fear …
Dramatic changes. Part 2
“Whatever is in the heart of a person will always get exposed.” As mentioned in Dramatic Changes. Part 1, those were the words used frequently by the pastor of the church that my family and I were associated with at the time of my ministry in the local community. Personally, I was glad to come into that knowledge, because …