Christian Living

In Matthew 16, Jesus asks who they think He is, and Peter responds, saying that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. Jesus affirms his response and then says that in that… 

Paul murdered Christians and thought God loved him for it. He was certain. Righteous. Committed. Serving his religion. Paul wasn’t just thinking murderous thoughts. He was breathing them. Murder was his oxygen. He dragged believers… 

Most people would agree that accusation is a serious problem in our world today. It shows up in broken marriages, divided churches, and countries that are at war. It doesn’t always shout, but it sneaks… 

It all started in Genesis 12:1: “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country… unto a land that I will shew thee.” From that point on, over the next 25… 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb 11:1). What is faith, and how can it be a confidence and assurance of what is not seen? A… 

The Bible teaches that a person is either lost OR saved (born again, if you pre-fer). “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he… 

Many years ago, my dad was trying to break a young horse. He hitched him to a road cart and went to a neighbor’s house who had a long lane. This lane went downhill, then… 

Several years ago, I heard the preacher man mention that things really went to pot in this country about the time that women started wearing pants. Interesting, I thought. I know technology and evil have… 

How perfect or righteous does one have to be to enter heaven? Is being 80% perfect good enough, or does God require better? Does He require 90% perfection? If we turn to the scriptures for… 

“… work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12b). This is a part of a verse that is often taken out of context. When I, my wife, and several other couples had…