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It is that time of the year when we have a choice to look back at what was so. Many make some type of resolution to change, direct, or complete an aspect of their life that they are unhappy, unsatisfied or frustrated with. Since it is a new year, they start out of the gate […]
“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.” – Psalm 94:19 Out of the blue, a friend asked me recently, “What do you think about all the time?” Without hesitation I responded with one three-letter word, “God.” I suppose the quickness of my answer before analyzing the question for three […]
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 11:3. Time, like a broad flowing river, seems to be picking up speed as it threatens to pull mankind ever deeper into its dark, […]
God’s Word makes it clear that we know in part. The great conflict is that for the most part we think we know what we need to know to be right in a matter, when in reality we know very little. There are those who perceive they have the proper knowledge to make sound judgments […]
A: Those who strive to enter in the true gate of salvation are doing it according to their ideas of how to obtain salvation. Whether it is religious affiliation, doctrinal association, and good works to name a few ways in which man tries to enter into the kingdom of God, it all comes down to […]
We are entering that time of the year when life gets a bit crazy. I don’t know about you, but my life is never at a standstill. It is like a running stream at times and a rushing river at other times. There are periods I can rest a bit when I hit a slow-moving […]
The rebuke and instruction of our Lord to the Apostle Peter as recorded in Mark 14:37-38, are as applicable to those of us who make up the Church today as they have been from that time to this. Jesus said, “Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye […]
Last month I shared some teaching posts on the incident in 1 Chronicles 13. Man may know what is right, but fails to properly execute it and therefore, misses the mark of receiving God’s approval. This is easy to do in our humanity. We assume things because we know about certain things but that does […]
Jesus said, “Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” A serious consideration of just how weak the flesh is in light of all the different temptations that a Christian can face from the world, the flesh and the devil is extensive and sobering, […]
To remind myself that the great failure in humanity is due to sin, I think of Romans 3:23, and the fact that it’s because of sin that I can easily enough fall short of the glory of God. This simply means I am missing the mark. You might say, “What is the mark that we, […]