Abundant Life Church Advertisement
The Abundant Life Church of Houston, TX, has a billboard that says: “We will not condemn you. We will not criticize you. We will only love you.” Doubtless, the church’s aims are pure, their goals sincere. However, they equate criticism and condemnation with a lack of love. The universal assumption of our age is that […]
Our Biggest Regrets
We spend a lot of energy looking for shortcuts to save time, and those shortcuts usually add up. But when I look back, I don’t think my biggest time regrets will be spending too much time on Facebook or mismanaging my daily tasks. Those are bad habits, but there are bigger, more systematic time wasters […]
Are We Baptized “Because” We Are Saved?
In the King James Version of the scriptures, Acts 2:38 is translated, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” While the translation according to the New King James Version differs slightly from the […]