Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Clarity Over Agreement
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them, because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the naive and...
Woe Unto You
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 23:13-32 Truth is God’s gift to man. Woe to you if you stand in its way (Note 1). In closing the door to others, you shut yourself out from light. Note 1: Standing in the way of truth includes speaking something that is...
No Fear
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 NLT It's not over until God says it's over. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow, I...
God Is Good
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5 NIV I am not loved because I am worthy. I am loved because God is good. Matthew...
Who’s That Knocking At My Door?
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20 NASB Taking the long way home? Stuck on the same old dead-end road? Answer the knock on the door. Zach...
A God Story
Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter, and all of us are the work of Your hand. Isaiah 64:8 NASB My whole life is a God story. From death to life, from blind to sight, from lost to found. It's not hard to see the change in me could only be a...
Repentance | 9
“If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9:23-24 NASB Repentance is not a single act, but rather a continual change in both attitude and action. It is a living transformation. Repent daily, removing all...
Repentance | 8: A Parable
Jesus: "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he...
On Repentance | 7
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make preparations; for the men are to dine with me at noon.” Genesis 43:16-17 NASB What constitutes complete repentance? A good answer is...
Repentance | 6
Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and weeping, and mourning. Let your remorse tear at your hearts and not your garments.” Joel 2:12-13 There is a difference between calling out for help and calling out in...
Repentance | 5
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a...
Repentance | 4: Paul, Athens, Greece, circa 50 AD
"So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all...
Repentance | 3: A Tale of Two Sinners
And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.” 1 Samuel 15:28 Nearly a thousand years before the birth of Christ, two kings ruled over the nation of Israel. The...
Repentance | 2
I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. 2 Corinthians 7:9 Repentance, noun: a biblical concept; not just feeling sorry or changing one’s mind, but of a complete turning around; an alteration of the basic motivation and...
Repent | 1
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NKJV Jesus didn’t come preaching tolerance. He came preaching repentance. A Prayer of Repentance In The Morning: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your...
Identified With Christ
Jesus: "Now I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before people, the Son of Man will also confess him before the Angels of God. But the one who denies Me before people will be denied before the Angels of God." Luke 12:8-9 NASB Expecting Jesus to acknowledge that He...
Consider The Ravens
Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no...
You Can Change Your Mind
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB By the power of Almighty God and through the transforming work of His...
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