A friend gave this to me to pass along. What Forgiveness Isn’t FORGIVENESS IS NOT TOLERANCE FORGIVENESS IS NOT PRETENDING FORGIVENESS IS NOT FORGETTING FORGIVENESS IS NOT GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT FORGIVENESS IS NOT TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK FORGIVENESS IS … Continue reading
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Rightly so, we Christians want to know God’s will for our lives. Does He want me to go here, go there, do this, do that? We turn to Him for guidance in the particulars of our lives because we believe … Continue reading
From Hebrews 2: 5-8, we know that for a little while humanity has been made a little lower than the angels. Though that all changes when Jesus comes back for us and we receive our new bodies. At that point … Continue reading
Consecrated to God doesn’t mean eating nothing but soup for two weeks, as a former co-worker once declared. Nor is it being dedicated to the church activities we perform; although consecration could include these things. But activities in and of … Continue reading
I wonder if God saved my life before I became a Christian. I had been drafted into the army near the end of the Viet Nam war and gone through the swearing-in ceremony. However, I didn’t go any further. I … Continue reading
When facing temptation, don’t entertain it and don’t determine to fight it on your own. To do so is to have to focus on it with your own strength, rather than calling on the Lord. God wants us to look … Continue reading
I thank you God Almighty. For I once walked in the blinding light of the land of darkness. But now I walk in your kingdom of light; in which there is no shifting shadow. Before me and all around me … Continue reading
Sometimes I get annoyed with beggars, and then I get annoyed at being annoyed. When approached by a beggar, most of the time I’m able to surrender to Jesus’ feelings and can feel His compassion for them. And upon giving, … Continue reading
I thank God for the blessing of His grace and the mind of Christ. With this blessing, comes a view of reality that doesn’t come from looking through rose-colored glasses. There isn’t an expectation that being Christian means an exemption … Continue reading
During a group discussion in a recent Sabbath school study series called Glimpses of God, the topic was about prayer. Intercessory prayer was one of the aspects we covered, and all agreed that Jesus engaged in it. In fact, so … Continue reading
I know that I’m blessed to be an American. Yet I’m bothered by that when I’m focused on nationality, and when my worldview comes from that perspective. It’s like I’m cheating on my faith, because faith to me is acting … Continue reading
A strain of flu, never seen before, broke out in India; then Pakistan and France. The effects of the flu were fatal. Teams from The Center for Disease and Control (CDC) flew to those countries looking for answers to this … Continue reading
Sometimes I get the sense that some preachers preach just to hear themselves preach; in particular those on TV and radio. The emphasis on speaking in a cadence, or in a sing/song manner; or punctuating the end of sentences and … Continue reading
Scenario Unbeliever: “Mom, I’m having the hardest time finding a job. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.” Believer: “You should pray about it, sweetheart. Ask God to help you, and He will.” I later spoke to the believer after … Continue reading
She, this sixty-ish black woman, walked along a major road in her community. On her head was a straw, wide-brim hat. On top of the hat was attached a miniature umbrella with a little less than a half-foot handle. She … Continue reading
On a recent Bill O’Reilly TV program, Bill had a guest who is a minister from Chicago. The discussion was about the rising rate of violence in one of that city’s districts. Particularly highlighted were the 49 shootings that occurred … Continue reading
Oftentimes a preacher aims to instill faith in us when it comes to being healed from a sickness. It is said that if we claim “by His stripes we are healed,” it is a done deal; that we will be … Continue reading
“We must love one another” seems to be the popular go-to reason for ignoring blatant public sin in the church. I believe it is the devil that has introduced this kind of reasoning into the church. He has turned the … Continue reading
The Apostle Paul said that being a Christian single is a gift. He knew what he was talking about. I say that because almost every day of the last ten-plus years, I’ve been blessed to be able to have my … Continue reading
Before there was a universe, God, who is spiritual and outside of time, saw that He would create a physical realm in which to carry out an infinite plan. He must have determined that for this realm to be taken care … Continue reading
In my last post, I talked about the Trinity. That brought to mind the scriptural response below that I wrote to a dear sister in Christ. She is of the opinion that the Holy Spirit is simply an impersonal … Continue reading