The wound inflicted by an enemy is painful, but the wound delivered by a friend or a loved one is catastrophic. It is not just the injury itself that hurts, but the knowledge that the hand that struck the blow was once held in trust.
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If- Then- Why
Nothing in this article has been written to hurt feelings or offend anyone. What one believes, teaches and obeys is of eternal importance.
“For by grace are you saved-through faith”
Grace is the reason for salvation, faith is the attitude that trusts God’s promise, and the obedience of the Gospel plan is the act through which the grace is received, faith is made active, leading to the remission of sins and life in Christ. They are not in tension, but in perfect harmony.
Porn: The Plight of People
Sex is a good thing, a God given blessing to people who have committed themselves to one another in holy matrimony. Pornography takes that which God intended to bless holy unions and degrades it into an unholy, sinful lie that is devoid of every good thing that He intended.
Great Is Thy Faith: The Syrophoenician Woman
The statement: “Great is thy faith” is without doubt the greatest compliment that could ever be paid. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him” (Hebrews 11:6). Jesus was well pleased with this gentile woman. So, what was great about her faith?
O How I Love Jesus
I want to discuss three points about John that stand out and prove his love and loyalty to the Lord. How the Apostle John could sing, “O, How I love Jesus,” and how you can too, and mean it!
“Blessed Be God”
Eternity will be blessed because the spiritual God, blessed us with spiritual blessings, in a spiritual place, for a spiritual people. But all of this is predicated upon ONE major point that will end this installment on Ephesians 1:3.
“If You Are Christs”
Of all the fleeting interest of men that people have painstakingly sought, none are remotely significant to belonging to Jesus. The chief endeavor of man is to “Fear God and keep his commandments” (Ecclesiastes 12:14). The cardinal reason for our existence is to be “called by His name and bring Him glory” (Isaiah 43:7). No title on earth can rival the name one wears that belongs to the host of heaven. No position of politics or cooperate power can equal the place that being a “child” in Gods family affords.
THE BIBLE AND ALCOHOL
This is a guest article concerning those who do not take a stance against the social consumption of alcohol.
Things Aren’t Always As They Seem
This life has a way of shadowing what is real with a veneer that wears off and reveals the truth that it once glossed over and hid.… Read more “Things Aren’t Always As They Seem”
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