I’m working on my fiftieth year of life.  In all that time, if the church doors were open I was there.  Many times I have been asked to memorize Matthew 28:18-20–the Great Commission.  Many times I have been asked to memorize Mark 16:15.  Never have I been asked to memorize Luke 24:47.  Why?  May I [...]

So why do “good Christians” sometimes cause problems in the body? Should we write them off when they do?   Galatians 2: 11-13 mentions a time when Peter, Barnabas and other Jewish Christians were involved in conflict with Paul.  It seems that Peter knows it’s okay for him, a Jew, to eat with the Gentile [...]

Apostles, workers, ministers of righteousness–the false and the true. “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end [...]

When I come to Job 42:3 God has me!  I have spoken what I was so sure I knew about, only to realize when I come into the presence of God that I know NOTHING!  Oh, how eloquent I can be!  Oh, how ignorant I am! I love God’s sense of humor and justice!  He [...]

Have you ever done anything that you hope no one ever finds out about?  Unfortunately we all have.  The book of Romans tells us that, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” So how do we go about hiding what we’ve done?  ’Bad news, here.  Actually we can’t.  Get this! From [...]

For those of us who grew up in the Christian faith, all of it sounds so normal.  To those who did not, the Bible tells us, “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”  1 Corinthians 1:18.   Those [...]

There are three things we MUST get over if we ever hope to manage our weight well.  The first two are guilt and anger. We have all wronged and been wronged. For our guilt, God has made awesome provision in the sacrificial blood of His Son.  ”If we confess our sins, He is faithful and [...]

‘Wrote this and filed it some time ago.  ’Cleaning.  ’Time to get it out.  :)   A Biblical Concept Of Marriage Genesis 2:18, 21-24 One Woman For One Man Genesis 1:27, 28 Have children, populate and manage the earth. Ephesians 5:22, 23 Wives come under the authority of your own husbands as though they were [...]

It seemed the Holy Spirit was saying to me, keep doing the next small thing, and do it well. Did you ever want to be great?  Have you aspired to live a life that books would be written about?  Did you ever want to be so good that you would be remembered, loved and praised [...]

Many of us have an idea of what we hope our children will become someday.   To produce an awesome dish we follow a recipe.  It may be a recipe we memorized by watching a family member or friend, it could be one we found in a magazine, or it could be one we imagined and [...]