Culture and the Christian
I’ve had a recent opportunity to think about our culture and how it affects the Christian. There are lots of Christians who think that local culture is adequate to shape our beliefs about certain sins, such as modesty and drinking. I remember as a young preacher an issue of a periodical where preachers from California […]
Don’t Take a Vacation!
It won’t be long until Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer. These times of the year mean vacation. A vacation is a period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling. “Vacation” comes from vacare which means “be unoccupied.” A Christian has to take up their cross all of the time […]
“He That Cometh From Above”
“He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness. He that receiveth his witness hath set his seal to this that […]
Where Do We Get Our Strength?
Strength is defined as “the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure.” It is very popular today, especially in American culture, to talk about strength or define how someone can become stronger. Author Evangeline Love once said, “Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. […]
It Won’t Be Very Long
Life is filled hardships. Almost every one of us could give a personal story of facing trials that seem to never end. Especially as Christians, we are guaranteed to face difficulty. So what do I do when facing these hardships? How do I build myself up from what I have gone through? We sing a […]
Regret
I suppose all of us can think of many things we have done, then regretted. I was thinking about this and thought I would see how the word was treated in the scriptures. Lo and behold, I could not find the word. So, I thought I would find some other form of the word. Maybe […]
Closed Eyes, Closed Ears, and a Stiff Neck
One of the wisest men who ever lived, King Solomon, through inspiration, wrote in Proverbs 15:21, “Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks up tightly.” We are not to be people who lack sense, or in other words choose to ignore the truth, but rather be ones […]
Bible Reading
Christians, do you read the Bible with your families every day? Do you read it in your closet every day? Do you read it not to quiet your conscience as a work of penance; but do you read it as a pleasure to be sought after? If you do, I need not tell you what […]
Politics in the Pulpit
Before I begin, I should say that I will not interject any of my own political viewpoints. The purpose of this article is only to encourage all who read it to rely on the wisdom of God in making decisions for their everyday life. We currently live in a nation where there is a great […]
Does God Lose Faith in Us?
In 2010, a movie was released called Legion. In this movie, because of their wickedness, God has made the decision to destroy His creation. Mankind is saved, however, because even though God had lost faith in man, the archangel Michael disobeys and attempts to restore God’s faith. This is not the only a movie in […]
