We hear a lot about “works” in the life of a Christian, but what are works? When we see “works” in Scripture, the reference is to works of the Law—Mosaic Law, including circumcision—or good deeds (obedient works of godliness and holy living—some examples: well-doing, loving others, forgiving others, being just, righteous conduct, etc.), something I’ve […]
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Native Tongue
Have you ever learned a foreign language? I chose French in junior high, but then I switched to Spanish during young adulthood in college. The key when learning a new language is practice, practice, practice! This is also true for public speaking. The first thing my public speaking professor urged us to do was practice. […]
Pandemic
Y’all, there’s a pandemic! No, I’m not referring to that physical virus spreading around. I’m talking about a spiritual plague in our local churches—that of false conversion and apostasy. We have people sitting on our pews every Sunday are who are in false conversion, and they don’t even know it! Likewise, we have people […]
Praying His Will
Some people already know I’ve done a little learning about the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation), word of faith teaching, and the prosperity gospel lately. Most of which center around ultra popular, hyper-charismatic “churches” and individuals such as Bethel, Elevation, Hillsong, Joel Osteen, Oprah Winfrey, etc.. I won’t go into detail about how they are twisting […]
Integrity
A loving father set his daughter before the two Paths of Life. “One,” he started, “is the Path of Righteousness and Reconciliation. This path is full of mountains, often very difficult to climb, and valleys, often very lonely and dark. It may be an arduous journey, but it’s the path I desire for you to […]
Activated
As mentioned previously, I am a youth leader within the church. Last night I had a dream I was teaching my youth this lesson. In my dream, we were outdoors somewhere. The youth were quite distracted and kept walking off. They didn’t want to hear it at first – as many of us don’t sometimes, […]