Last week we began to examine some practical benefits to “Walking by Faith” (my spiritual growth commitment for 2017). In review: Faith Determines What God Can Do in your Life. There are thousands of promises in the Bible. The key that unlocks every one of them in your life is faith. 2. Faith can Solve […]
Happy New Year! The Christmas lights are down and the tree is outside! Last week we began a discussion of INTENTIONALLY “Walking by Faith”. If I were to give voice to the one thing that I am resolved to do in 2017…that would be it. But to walk by faith requires an intimate relationship with the object of my […]
Happy post Christmas Day. When will you take down all the lights? My goal is always by January 1! Here is my New Year Commitment…I am resolved to “Walk by Faith” in 2017. Men of INTENTION purpose to “Walk by Faith” every moment of their days. Walking is perhaps the slowest mode of transportation. It isn’t glamorous and it […]
As an apologetic resource, you cannot beat Christian Ministries International. I have been a Christ-Follower since childhood and can honestly say that I have never experienced a crisis of faith specific to the person of Jesus Christ. I have always believed that He was the long awaited Messiah and the Savior of humankind. In my youth, my […]
Can Christmas change your life? Simple question right? Personal recognition or acknowledgement of the “holiday” aside, when the fullness of time had appeared (Galatians 4:4) and God sent His son to earth, born as a babe, to a virgin in that humble stable…the world was forever changed. Why? How? What was/is the purpose of Christmas? Let me […]
“For unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). Most of us associate Christmas with the giving of gifts (I like to receive them too). We take our […]
The King has Come! Matthew 2:1-6 affirms this truth. Author and essayist Flannery O’Conner said: “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Truth is truth whether we like it or not. The fact that I personally object to the truth doesn’t matter. Those things that are objectively true remain true even if […]
The Washington Post just published a lengthy article on what they refer to as the “Post-Election Hate Spike”. More than any election I can remember, (I think you would agree) this campaign has left many in our country bitterly divided against those with whom they disagree. It is a bit like the Civil War…brother against […]
This life is marked by a single choice: who or what will we center our lives around? This choice takes each of us down a path of decisions that shape who we are, what we feel, who or what we value, and what we will have accomplished at the end of our days. To center […]
A church bell rang for the first time in two years as Iraqi Kurdish forces were battling to take back Mosul. Located in Bartella, this primarily Christian town is just nine miles from the ISIS stronghold. In 2003, Iraq boasted an estimated 1.3 million Christians. Now, leaders put that number at fewer than four hundred thousand. Despite […]
