September 12, 2019
Toiling With the Wind or Prioritizing Your Life
Toiling for a goal, a prize, or an idea that is better than what you presently possess is a good thing. Such toil makes us…
September 5, 2019
Are You Woke?
Too many of our lives are spent in a fog of unawareness. To steal popular verbiage from the social justice world, we are not “woke.” …
August 29, 2019
Seizing the Opportunity
To seize something means to take hold of it suddenly and forcibly. It is an eager act of decisiveness. Most of us have no problems…
August 22, 2019
Defining Sin
Most people think of sin as a bad or evil thing that a person does. Others have a broader view, and define it as any…
August 15, 2019
Running Toward the Darkness
As a prophet, Jonah proclaimed God’s word to the people. That was his calling, his duty, and his purpose. One day God ordered Jonah to…
August 8, 2019
Some Reminders About God
If you live in America you live in a world that is completely infused with the principles of Christianity and Judaism. Our history, our culture,…
July 31, 2019
Spirit and Truth and Reverence
If we are made to do anything at all, it is to worship. Ironically, in modern Christianity we have developed the inadequate notion that worship…
July 29, 2019
Freedom from the World
In the bible, the term “ the world ” is used in multiple ways. Three uses, however, appear to be the most significant. First, it is used…
July 16, 2019
Freedom From Sin
Buzzing with sexual undertones, or anticipation of forbidden pleasures, the word desire often summons images of decadence. This is because the word refers to strong feelings of…
July 11, 2019
Freedom From Self
Pride may be the chief of all sinful states. I don’t mean the kind of pride that elates you when you see your child accomplish…