When people talk about guidance and wisdom for life, you might hear a lot of good things about principles, and maybe a lot of bad things about pragmatism. And people say how you’re supposed to live by principles, and that you can’t...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When dealing with a sinful desire, you might wish that God would take the desire from you rather than having to fight the sin within you. It seems so hard, it takes so much effort, you fail so often, and you wonder why it is even necessary. But...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Don’t allow your feelings, finances, or friendships to steer you away from the will of God. Those are all important things, but don’t let these things take the lead and keep you from following Jesus as the central aim of your life....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Today, someone destroyed our mailbox at the church. They tore the big box completely off its wooden plank, busting up the wood, which was bolted down on top of a concrete base. It would have taken quite a bit of work to do that. It would have to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Freedom is not autonomy. Freedom is liberation from the enslavement of self-interest. You might think of freedom as the liberty to do what you want. But again, that is just the ability to be selfish. Rather, freedom is the ability to give oneself...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I’m not going to church, it’s full of hypocrites.” I’m sure you’ve either said it, or heard it said. Well, then, if the church is full of hypocrites, you should want to come, because you’ll fit right...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Secularism is the dominant idea today that guides peoples’ lives. Unfortunately, many professing believers are succumbing to a secular mindset in one very important way. Exposing a secular mindset First, you need to realize that secularism...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why don’t people want to come to church? It’s because it isn’t about wanting to come to church until it is about needing to come to church. In our neck of the woods, before the hurricane got near, people weren’t waiting all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John 7:53-8:11…The religious leaders had gone home frustrated that they couldn’t silence Jesus or have Him arrested. They were going to have to deal with Him publically on account of His notoriety. Their plots had been foiled but they weren’t about [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
