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No Trust Means No Relationship

Our fellowships and relationships with one another are based on trust. As soon as the trust is compromised, fellowship is broken and our relationship is in danger of ceasing. What’s the difference between fellowship and relationship? To simplify, fellowship is an association with someone with friendly interaction, communication, and a sharing of common ideas andContinue reading “No Trust Means No Relationship”

Biblical Healing (6): What About Job?

Something that often hinders peoples faith for healing is the Job situation. But what was really taking place with Job? Remember that the Bible was written with progressive revelation. In-other-words, the completed revelation of who God is and His perfect will for humanity is found in the New Testament with the death, burial, and ressurrectionContinue reading “Biblical Healing (6): What About Job?”

The Challenge of Our Generation

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses” (1 Timothy 6:12). Believe it or not, Satan isn’t fighting against God. Somehow, at one time in my thinking, way in the back of my mind,Continue reading “The Challenge of Our Generation”

Jesus Never Promised To Take Us To Heaven When He Returns!

That’s probably the first time many of you have heard that or even considered it. But it’s true. Nowhere in the New Testament are we told that when Jesus returns He will whisk us off to Heaven. The scriptures tell us “the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remainContinue reading “Jesus Never Promised To Take Us To Heaven When He Returns!”

Grace To Sin?

“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!” (Romas 6:15). As human’s we have a tendency to “go into the ditch on one side or the other.” Some find sin where there is none and others think it’s O.K. to sin because the grace of God allowsContinue reading “Grace To Sin?”

Mankind

“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His ownContinue reading “Mankind”

Ambassadors of His Name

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain” (Genesis 20:7). What does it mean to “take the name of the Lord your God in vain? It seems rather important because God said He “will not holdContinue reading “Ambassadors of His Name”

Timeline From Noah To Abraham

I like visual references like maps and charts. I made this timeline to help me get a perspective of major post-flood Biblical characters and how they may have influence their era. As you can see Noah lived 350 years after the flood and his son, Shem, lived 502 years after the flood. The timeline alsoContinue reading “Timeline From Noah To Abraham”

What About H.A.N.D.S.

H.A.N.D.S (Home And Neighbor Disaster Support) Group If there’s any place in the world we should be prepared for overcoming a disaster, it should be at home, in our own neighborhood, and among our friends and neighbors. Sadly, I think this isn’t the case with most of us. That’s just my perspective and observation, but,Continue reading “What About H.A.N.D.S.”

Really, What Is New Testament Worship? (2)

“The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worshipContinue reading “Really, What Is New Testament Worship? (2)”