Contending for the faith | Making Disciples | Equipping the Saints for Ministry
Part 1 By Rayola Kelley What is your attitude towards the Word of God? When I first became a Christian, the main emphasis of the small church I attended was that I needed to know the Word of God. They encouraged memorization, learning where the books of the Bible were, and reading it from Genesis […]
We have been looking at expectation, anticipation and participation. In February’s article I did not bring out this particular theme because I was dealing with the subject of love, but love is very much a part of the aspect of what we expect, as well as anticipate, and to what extent we participate in our […]
Have you ever heard the story behind the song? “The Love of God?” In 1917, a man by the name of Frederick M. Lehman who was a pastor and businessman wrote this song. As a pastor he oversaw a poor flock, and as a business man he had lost everything and was close to financial […]
In last month’s, November’s The Bottom Line, I dealt with the subject of liberalism in our faith due to how we handle and approach the Word of God. We may not realize it, but we do take liberty with God’s Word. We choose what we are going to believe, what doctrinal preference we have when […]
This month of November is the beginning of insanity thanks to the commercial push to present the public with various articles and deals from the latest electronic spyware gadgets that will do everything for you but what needs to be done for personal well-being and responsibilities such as relationships and work. Advertisement will tell us […]
When I was young, I used to play hide and seek. The person who had to find the kids in our particular group stood with their back to the rest of us and had to count to ten as they closed their eyes and when they hit that number, they would yell, “Ready or not, […]
The Bible instructs us to examine ourselves in different ways. Examination is not about judging self, but seeing if we are lining up to our purpose in this world as a saint, our calling in His kingdom, and whether our fruits are in compliance to the Vinedresser of our souls. This examination is crucial in […]
I was recently reading one of my Facebook posts that was four years old. It was about the fact that we needed to brace ourselves. One might ask why must we brace ourselves, but I knew it was in light of the upcoming elections and the unstable issues taking center stage in 2020. I thought […]
For the past five months we have been considering the times we live in. They are insane but the truth is insanity reigns when you consider that one of the meanings of it is failing to deal in and with the real world around you. We, in America, have been conditioned by the world to […]
In the first four articles we have been looking at surviving the end times. I don’t know about you, but we have some books on survival. However, the procedures to survive something differs with the challenges that confront the person. For example, there are preppers who are preparing to survive national and international political unrest, […]