Every conversation between Christians is prayer.
“Those who loved the Lord spoke often to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them.”
“What manner of persons should we be in all holy conversation and godliness.”
PRAYER (1)
January 5, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Prayer is so simple, yet so profound.
“Pray without ceasing.”
“Praying always . . .”
“Rejoice evermore.”
“Don’t worry about anything—
Instead, pray about everything.”
“Pray with thanksgiving.”
“Pray in the spirit.”
“Pray for the saints (all Christians).”
“Pray always, and don’t faint.”
“Pray in His will.”
“Pray in your closet.”
“Pray—kneel before the Lord.”
“They continued steadfastly in . . . and prayer.”
I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY (part two)
January 5, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Read part one first.
I never thought I’d see the day when the church takes (un)marching orders from the government.
How many churches do you see following all the rules from the government, even rules that single out churches, against the first amendment?
That is how many churches will follow the next mandate from the government—and become totally ineffective to make a difference anymore.
“The Christian is to show the prince how to bear the sword.”—–Martin Luther
NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY (part one)
January 5, 2021 By Leave a Comment
I never thought I’d see the day when everywhere I go Americans are wearing masks like cowards, just because the government said to.
How many people do you see wearing masks?
That is how many people will follow the next mandate from the government.
ADVICE
November 28, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Advice is not as valuable if it is limited to what we already know and believe in.
BEWARE
November 28, 2020 By Leave a Comment
“Beware of people who understand everything about theology and prophecy.”—–Allister Begg
WHAT’S WORSE THAN . . . ?
November 28, 2020 By Leave a Comment
In marriage, what’s worse than accidents, illness, poverty, old age, death, even alzheimer’s, infidelity?
Even in the worst of the worst, one can have memories, good memories, intact, to review from time to time for the rest of life.
Divorce strips the good memories.
And, in truth, the pain often does not go away or subside.
NO TURNING BACK – – – SERIOUSLY
November 28, 2020 By Leave a Comment
I just heard that many missionaries of days gone by would pack their belongings in a coffin when they headed out to the mission field.
DEVELOPING DOCTRINE
November 11, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Doctrine should come straight from the Bible, not from steps of logic and reasoning. (example—Concluding that the rapture must be at Revelation 3 because the church is not mentioned after that for many chapters, could be true but based on mental calculating rather than clearly stated).
Examine the foundation steps for building any doctrine.
Is the starting premise black-and-white Biblical?
Would the people in the Bible, and those who wrote the Bible, declare, agree, that the doctrine is absolutely essential?
And, what benefit is any doctrine or any teaching that is not straightforward out of the Bible?
Keep essential doctrines simple, and not limited to the learned.
SYSTEMIC RACISM
November 11, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Racism is caused by systemic sin—the systemic sin nature that is in all of us.
We are like a field of dry grass that can be set ablaze under the right circumstances with the right spark.
Some people hold up a metal lightening rod in a thunderstorm, inviting their dry grass to be ignited.
Some people delight in throwing a lighted match on others’ dry grass.
The sinful, evil nature inside all of us waits for the trigger of temptation to give us the excuse to act on what we wanted to do all along.
“As a person thinks in his heart, so is he.”
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” and so, racism.
Systemic racism is solved only by addressing systemic sin.
Systemic sin is addressed only by turning to Jesus for healing of the heart, and then healing of our other ills.