Offensive Love
A Christian should not try to offend others needlessly. However, if we follow Jesus, we will offend others-just as the loving and perfect and holy Jesus often offended others by His life. Following is an…
A Christian should not try to offend others needlessly. However, if we follow Jesus, we will offend others-just as the loving and perfect and holy Jesus often offended others by His life. Following is an…
1 Corinthians 15:12-14: Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the…
Times are tough right now, and many of us are learning to distinguish what we really need from what we merely want. Many of us need to wait when we would like to DO something,…
Defining faith as it pertains to a Christ-based belief can be a challenging task. What faith means to one person is not necessarily what it means to another. After centuries of Christendom, there are as…
This article was originally, written for a local newspaper in the Salem KY area. We would do well to pause for a time from our many activities and consider where we stand in our spiritual…
The apostle Peter wrote his second epistle to stir up the people’s pure minds by way of remembrance (2 Peter 3:1). My heart’s intent, as I begin to write this letter, is to stir up…
The Fruit of the Spirit Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Wouldn’t it be great to live a life with all of these wonderful characteristics coming from within you on a daily…
The book of Galatians is one of those books of the Bible that has been of tremendous influence in my life. In the other letters to the churches, specifically 1 and 2 Corinthians and Colossians,…
Many believers have very little to do with God outside of their time in church on Sunday morning. Very few churchgoers seem to have a good understanding of scripture and, in fact, not many even…
It is November; the leaves are mostly down, and we are busily raking them. The smell of smoke can often be found in the air. The crisp outdoors gives us a sense of foreboding…cold, wintry…