When a Scribe said he would follow Jesus anywhere, Jesus replied, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere * to lay His head.” Lk 8:20. First, I can’t… Read More ›
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FOLLOW THE PATTERN
Christianity, it is said, is a ‘pattern’ religion. What this means is that we follow the pattern of Jesus’ life and teaching. Paul said, ‘Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me’, 2 Tim 1:3…. Read More ›
HERMENEUTICS: AN EXPEDIENT VERSUS AN ADDITION TO GOD’S WORD
“I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words… Read More ›
MDR: FOUR GOSPELS TELL THE WHOLE STORY
I know how people break down the Gospels saying Matthew is for the Jew and Luke is for the Greek, and so forth. That’s all fine and good but the Jew and the Greek and whoever else is encountering the… Read More ›
HAND CLAPPING, Dan Mayfield
Now I’ve seen several people argue for hand clapping (rhythmic) and people are divided on whether it’s right or wrong. The Bible doesn’t say one way or the other. But that “the bible doesn’t say you can’t” is a very… Read More ›
THE ENEMY OF JESUS CHRIST IS MY ENEMY
“For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of CHRIST” – Phil 3:18 The cross off of CHRIST is hard. And to follow CHRIST Jesus is… Read More ›
TESTING GOD BY INSERTING YOUR OWN WISDOM, Lk 4:9-12
Luke records that Jesus was led by the Spirit around in the wilderness and for forty days he did not eat and for forty days he was “being tempted by the devil.” “9 And he led Him to Jerusalem and… Read More ›
IS ONE SIN WORSE THAN ANOTHER? IS ONE COMMANDMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER?
If you asked me what trespass by children towards their parents is worse than all others, I would answer “dishonesty”. It’s another way of saying Hazel and I valued truthfulness. Years ago, a brother challenged me on that assertion. I… Read More ›
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT THE SADDUCEES ARE NO MATCH FOR JESUS!
The Sadducees didn’t believe in life after death. Luke records that they didn’t believe in angels or a spirit. So they thought they would trap Jesus, who they must have figured out taught life after death, by offering up an… Read More ›
DOES YOUR GOSPEL SAVE: IF IT DOESN’T SAVE, THEN IT ISN’T THE TRUE GOSPEL
I have heard people try to minimize what is the Gospel – a “core Gospel” if you will – to distinguish it from the response to the Gospel. I gather that the purpose of this effort to narrowly define the… Read More ›
A Conquering Faith 