A study on the practice of love in the church. James 2 James the brother of the Lord Jesus saw walking dead men, declaring complete faith and confidence in the life giving Son of God. Their bodies stinking with the decay of death, these men claim to have been born again. The apostle James, moved by […]
THERE’S NOTHING WORSE FOR A LIAR THAN TO BE INTERROGATED Those who love the truth, other people, and humility, expose their shame to be covered by mercy, forgiveness and grace. We’ve all seen this tap-dancing and have performed a few moves of our own.Do you remember the look on someone’s face who knows you are lying? […]
“Share in afflictions? According to the POWER OF GOD”???Isn’t that a contradiction? Doesn’t the WEAK one experience the pain, and the POWERFUL experience victory, and peace? What is Paul taking about? He’s taking a beating from God’s enemies—literally–and talking about. “…according to the power of God”? As we learned in Romans 1: the gospel is […]
“Let no man beguile you of your reward..”. –Colossians 2:18 KJV , “That their hearts [the center of desire and longing] might be COMFORTED, being knit [forced] together in LOVE [deep family bond], and unto [the collective purpose of this bond is towards] all RICHES of the FULL ASSURANCE of UNDERSTANDING, to the acknowledgement [complete knowledge, […]
They tell us most of the country is vitamin-D deficient and are therefore sick. Yet they insist you need sunscreen to block the greatest natural source of vitamin D–“the sun is now harmful, so you need to buy some cream.” God wants to hurt you, but we got you covered.” 😉 2 Corinthians warns is […]
There is a trend in many churches these days of putting younger people into leadership. I recently visited a fellowship run by young people in their 20’s and early 30’s. Most of them are also new believers. There is a very good reason the Bible says: “A bishop [elder/pastor-teacher] then must be … apt to […]
And he humbled [afflict, oppress] thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know [were force fed like a helpless baby. Not food!?]; that he might make thee know that man doth not live [have the activitiy of life] by bread [grain, earthly] food […]
In the wilderness, the Lord afflicted the souls of the Hebrews through starvation, so that they would learn to look to him daily for food and sustenance. (Deut. 8:3) This was an important event on planet earth going forward in the history of God saving his people. Did you know that the “fat man” may […]
This is a really good summary of this passage. The passage reads like a Blockbuster movie with anticipation, stomach churning horror, amazement, sadness, outrage, revenge, and a measure of redemption. I left out at least a dozen more adjectives. Every teacher must remember the beginning of the book, and do not leave off the ending, […]
“And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Revelation 5:4 KJV Why was John crying his eyeballs out? Because that book contains the list of those inheriting eternal life. The roll must be called, the names must be read. WORTHY is a […]
