Another tragedy. Dozens of lives lost due to hearts being filled with violence. Or as the Bible, says, “Living in the flesh” (Romans 8). We are predominately living by faith or we are predominately living in the flesh. Living by faith can be defined as living unto God, which...
Does not the level of injustices being voiced in our society, suggest that there is a standard of perfection (Rom.3:23)? In short, we are “missing the mark.” Foundationally, at the root of “justice” is “righteousness”. I believe we all can agree that none of us are innately righteous (Rom....
“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” (Lev. 19:29) How telling is this verse of Scripture? I do not think (at least hope not) most parents wake up one day and say, “I...
In my book, The Deception of Eloquence, I dedicated a chapter to “What is False Teaching”? In that chapter, I critically examined 2 Peter 2:1, “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies”. I...
For the most part, our ideology is influenced by our theology. If your ideology is void of a theological perspective, it will more than likely resemble a Dewey perspective on education, and a Leninist/ Marxist perspective politically/culturally. When we understand the implications and history behind such radical views, then...
Has the Gospel been watered down to a mere self-help message? The reason I mention this is because it seems that many professing Christians believe that becoming a Christian is about “making their life better and then going to heaven.” I hate to be the bearer of bad news...
Do you know people that seem to be always angry, bitter, or insolent? No matter what you do to try to uplift their spirit, they remain in a downtrodden state? People who fall into this condition, do not wake up one day and say, “I want to be an...
While in prayer this morning, the thought arose, “When we pray to Jesus is it because we desire righteousness to be more evident in our life (to glorify Him) or are our prayers more the less to receive items for pleasure?” Let me define, “items for pleasure”. Material means...
Have you ever thought, “What is the essence of life?” This is an important question to consider. Jesus stated, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). What does he mean? In order to understand what the essence of life is,...
When you hear the phrase “faith in Jesus”, what do you think of? I believe this triggers many to think of faith as something along the lines of “wishful thinking” or at the very least, “hoping that what we believe about Jesus is true”. This is not the essence...