It is true and certain that after this earth is done away with, sin will never exist again. I believe that with all my heart because God says so. I can’t help but entertain thoughts, though, about how that will … Continue reading
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Why can’t the members of the Westboro Baptist Church, located in Topeka, Kansas, see that they are wrong? They say their actions are in accordance with God’s disapproval of this country’s growing acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle and gay marriages. … Continue reading
As the Eternal Life, all things come from Him, through Him, and to Him. Indeed, it is His Life that has brought us into being. We are animated by His breath, first breathed into Adam. The Life, having lived our … Continue reading
More poetry from the mind of guest writer Deborah Ann Belka… Another Tragedy by Deborah Ann Belka Another tragedy . . . has rocked across our nation another senseless crime has gotten our undivided attention. As a country we … Continue reading
A thank you is given to Amazing Facts, a Christian ministry, for listing the following. Many of the numbers in the Bible have deeper prophetic or spiritual significance. Both in the Old and New Testaments, numbers reveal hidden concepts and … Continue reading
A thank you is given to Amazing Facts, a Christian ministry, for listing the following. Why cloak Bible prophecies in Symbols? Luke 8: 10. And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom … Continue reading
A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: “I have … Continue reading
If you’ve ever told a lie, stolen something, lusted in your heart after another who wasn’t your spouse, or spoken the Lord’s name in vain; then you are a liar, thief, adulterer, and a blasphemer. That makes you a sinner. … Continue reading
Jesus tells those who believe in Him, “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world … Continue reading
Is baptism merely symbolic and nothing else? I wondered quite a while about this because of verses like “John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;” and “Repent, and let every … Continue reading
Today features a guest writer. The Heart of Forgiveness by Deborah Ann Belka I question those Christians, who say they love the Lord and yet to forgive others their hearts can’t get on board. They tithe and go to church, sometimes … Continue reading
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who … Continue reading
Improper form. An example that quickly comes to mind is the practice of “sprinkling” babies. This isn’t a true baptism for several reasons: (a) the baby isn’t repenting nor consenting because (b) the baby hasn’t any awareness of sin. It … Continue reading
Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.” “Why not?” she asked. I’ll give you two good reasons,” he said. … Continue reading
If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained. John 20: 23 During Jesus’ time on earth, the Jews wanted to stone Him because He … Continue reading
No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days. For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, and the one … Continue reading
There was fellowship; there was friendship. But something went wrong. Feelings were hurt. Anger, even to the point of hatred, set in. Each person fades into the other person’s past. However, in church, each remains present in the other’s sight. … Continue reading
The following newspaper article challenges the world’s notion that it’s supposed to be ruled by “only the fittest survive.” That principle may be in play, but it is not the only way. On television’s nature programs we often hear that … Continue reading
1 John 3: 6— No one who abides in Him [Jesus] sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Because of this verse, some well-intentioned souls believe that if one sins, one is no longer in Jesus. … Continue reading
In a recent group discussion, somebody said that because the devil knew who Jesus was, and knew how Jesus’ death would affect his own destiny, it was idiotic for him to instigate Jesus’ crucifixion. Somebody else said that the devil … Continue reading
Sitting in church, I was once again struck by some of the young ones’ love for and commitment to the Lord. The group that most impresses me is the teenagers and the twenty-somethings. Mostly, I’m impressed with their refusal to bow … Continue reading