Death. What is it … … the end of life on this mortal plane? … the beginning of the hereafter? … the start of the last transformation? Death, Be Not Rude Death drafts behind Disease, Disaster, and Destruction like the second place car on the […]
A New Year. A New You. A New Identity
A New Year. A New You? Are you like many who see the beginning of a new year as the time to make changes in their life? Have you made the resolutions? Have you promised yourself to change? Have you had the acrid taste of failure by the middle of February? […]
Epiphany 2021: Pandemonium in the Midst of the Pandemic
Have you ever had an “epiphany”? An epiphany, such as “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.” Traditionally, there’s an Epiphany every year – January 6th. The 6th of January: […]
Do You Have An Enduring Faith?
The Great Commission and Discipleship What is the Faith you want? Is this the Faith you have? 3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all […]
The Response to Salvation: Faith AND Works – 5
The Response to Salvation: So, is it Works without Faith? Or, is it Faith without Works? Could it be … Faith AND Works? What is to be the Christian Response to Salvation? Faith AND Works? Yes, our salvation is by grace, through Faith. But […]
Can Paul and James be reconciled on Faith and Works? – 4
Now, “back at the ranch,” the saga continues: Faith or Works? Faith and Works? Faith alone? Faith and Works and More? No Faith, merely intellectual assent? My head is about to explode! Is there a way out of this conundrum!? Can Paul and James be reconciled? Paul’s View about Faith […]
What Does the Bible Say About Faith and Works? – 2
If you hav’ta, got’a, need’a know, where do you go? To the beginning. To the source. To the root. To the Word. To the Bible. What Does the Bible Say About Faith and Works? An apparent contradiction between the need for Faith vs Works appeared at the very beginning of […]
The Battle for Your Life: The Armor of God – Part 8
Do you have Faith? Have you ever thought about faith as a defense against satan? Well, guess what… It is! The Shield of Faith 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. […]
No More New Year’s Resolutions – Part 3
This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost. Adam Clarke Have you ever tried to restore something? Like restoring your relationship with your spouse […]