I’m the type of guy who spends a fair amount of time saddened by what I see in this world. The effects of sin on the lives of people are so prevalent that I often feel like I’m wading through a sea of despair (not even my own). I can only imagine how Jesus felt
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In both the ministry and in my secular life, I’ve heard hundreds of people repeat Paul’s encouraging words to Timothy, “Fight the good fight” (1 Timothy 6:12). I believe it is an oversubscribed call to action in the sense that it is often used disrespectfully (many times the original sentence is truncated, lacking the “of the faith” at the
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Looking back, as a believer, it’s hard to understand why more people don’t just believe the truth about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Have you ever thought like this? I often do and I used to get really frustrated but the Truth, as Jesus promised, has set me free from my consternation, angst, and
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I’ve long thought that lawyers, though a Godsend for those being wrongly sued, are often agents of satanic thinking. It makes sense, given that Satan (hassatan in the original Hebrew, which means accuser, adversary, or in context, prosecuting attorney) is a lawyer. Anyone who tempts you to sue another person for punitive damages is appealing to
There are times, as a pastor, when I sit down to write a blog to you and nothing comes to me, at least not immediately. It is typically those times when the Spirit says, “Take a step back and consider where I’ve taken all of you.” It is then that I realize what He wants
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Your peace isn’t dependent on you knowing everything; rather, it depends on you trusting in God to provide everything you need to know. Do you believe that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ for salvation can be saved? I do. Is this open to interpretation? Nope. It’s clearly stated holy doctrine in the Word of
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The apostle Paul wrote the greatest number of books in the Bible. He was, indeed, a child of God (unbelievers are “by nature children of wrath” – Ephesians 2:3). He wrote about many things that were sacred to him, holy doctrines that have stood the test of time, as well as the assaults of Satan and the kingdom
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Is it possible to have a zeal for God that God rejects? According to Holy Scripture, the answer is “yes”. Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of
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The title of this blog may have you intrigued. How could someone Jesus called “a devil” be comforting to us? Isn’t Judas Iscariot the man whose guts were spilled out on the ground after he hung himself (Acts 1:18-19)? I mean, how can one whose death was so gruesome inspire us to comfort in any
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“I can’t wait to retire!” How many times have you heard someone utter those words? They often come at the end of a hard day’s work, right? What does the Bible have to say about retirement from work? The answer is: nothing. In fact, it appears the Bible never suggests anyone ought to stop working.
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