Shortchanging the Church
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…
Knocked Off your Horse
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…
Do you Struggle with Accusation?
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…
Only One Way to Heaven
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…
A Letter from an Amish Believer: It’s All About Jesus (By: L. Miller)
I have seen a copy of Amish: Our Friends, but Are They Believers? As is true everywhere, some are saved and some are not. This was ME, sitting under and teaching in a major denomination…
The Real Jesus Changes Hearts and Lives (By: AAB, KY)
Thank you for the great articles in The Amish Voice. I can agree with most of it, especially stories of the plain old gospel message of our Lord Jesus Christ! He really does change hearts…
Ditches
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…
Good Christian Living
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…
One of the Greatest Stories of Faith
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…
Faith
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…