Do we give permission for people to go where God has not given permission? Do we give our stamp of approval for people to do and say what God has not given permission to do and say? I heard someone… Read More ›
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MOSES IN THE PROMISED LAND
Not until a brief visit on the Mount of Transfiguration did Moses get to step foot into the Promised Land (Mt. 17). Actually, during Moses’ lifetime he was not permitted to enter because “during the strife of the congregation, you… Read More ›
GREEK PREPOSITION AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO ELDERS
The Eldership, called the “Presbytery” or the “board of Elders”, is invested by God with authority to oversee and shepherd the church. The diagram (from here) shows some relevant Greek prepositions related to the topic of Elders’ authority. The prepositions… Read More ›
IN CONCERN OF CHURCH "GROWTH"
I lament the things being adopted in churches today in the name of church growth. The early church grew because saved people were added to Jesus’ church.1 “And God was adding to their number day by day those who were… Read More ›
WHAT IS THE CHURCH DOING TODAY?
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was disappointed at the laxity of the white churches who acted as spectators in that struggle for freedom, he wrote the following from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama. Hearkening back to a time when… Read More ›
CHRISTIANS AND THE STATE
“Yet today there is discomfort among many in America at the spectacle of presidential candidates waving their Bibles alongside their flags. In civics lessons long ago, we learned that there is supposed to be a boundary between church and state…. Read More ›
TAX UNTO WHOM TAX IS DUE?
“Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.” – Rom. 13:7 I understand and respect the spirit of what God says here. But… Read More ›
THE MARRIAGE BOND REMAINS
“Can a man divorce for any reason at all?” How ridiculous was the question in Matthew 19:3? These people should know better. God would not permit such a thing as He would not permit what He hates. In Malachi, it… Read More ›
GOD’S LOVE FOR ALL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
“AND IN YOU ALL FAMILIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED” (Gen. 12:3) Because we are often focusing on the Jews in the Old Testament, we might get the view that God was unjust with the Gentiles. But the words… Read More ›
DAVID WAS A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST, 1958-2007
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4728353266806298825&hl=en For some reason the embedded video isn’t playing, so here is the link to the video here.If you would please, leave a comment telling what Dave meant to you. Thomas said… I am so very thankful to God for… Read More ›
A Conquering Faith 