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[…] old. Statista estimates that, in 2024, individuals spent an average of nearly 2.5 hrs/day social networking worldwide. Consider if the average person spent 2.5 hrs/day studying the Bible, praying, and worshiping God instead of camping on social media and social networking platforms. Over the last 25 years, we have become addicted to our phones, […]
[…] God’s truth on both social and theological issues such as abortion, transgenders in sports, the Trinity, same-sex marriage, Jesus Christ, and, to a large degree, even the Bible itself, … yet has within it such twisted views on salvation, tradition, purgatory, sacraments, the priesthood of believers, confession, and Mary among others? I would offer […]
[…] of this post shows the spread of these churches. Note the emphasis on both coasts as well as the heavy concentration of Baptist in the Southeast (“ Bible Belt”). The Hartford Institute is the primary source for this data (details here). They have been collecting data on large churches since 2000, including detailed trends […]
[…] a day-to-day, often hour-to-hour desire to first recognize our sin, and then to ask God’s forgiveness when we fail to meet His standards as found in the Bible. Imagine trying to live up to the Sermon on the Mount, or, just the Beatitudes contained within it. So we fail and repent, and fail and […]
[…] not the answer. Success is where your heart is, not your head, which fills with pride, greed, and other forms of sin. A word study of the Bible on the word “heart” is illuminating as to where the Lord puts His emphasis. Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall […]
[…] hold so dear. He will tell us to come and follow Him rather than Him follow us. That’s the Jesus that we want to keep in our Bibles instead of walk around in our shoes. But just remember His promise, “whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world […]
[…] day can become victim to this same way of habit. Praying over a prayer list, reading a devotion each day, or maybe reading a chapter in the Bible doesn’t substitute for seeking God with all your heart and finding Him. Our time with Him should not become captive to a formula or routine. He […]
[…] His service. I often wonder if our desire as Christians to serve the Lord is often tangled up in our own sin nature of pride. However, the Bible is clear that, unlike the secular world, if we are faithful, God does not offer a retirement package, just another form of ministry based on the […]
[…] of the truth, but not heart acceptance. My personal theology is that God calls us to the cross, we do not go willingly. As much as I believed the Bible was real and salvation was necessary, it took two months before my heart was “converted” and I accepted Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. From […]
[…] includes truth, righteousness, faith, the Word of God, and prayer — tools to defend ourselves against spiritual attack and temptation. Alongside these, we must set relational boundaries. As the Bible is full of wisdom on choosing friends and joining a community of believers for strength and endurance, Paul reminds us that our choices in relationships matter. […]
[…] for good reason. This is the season where wisdom, experience, and spiritual depth come together for the most meaningful lap of your life’s race (Job 12:12). The Bible calls us not to slow down, but to press forward — to catch a “second wind” of spiritual energy and purpose that sustains us until the finish line […]
[…] are left with our human imagination and/or our faith in an external, supernatural designer. Many refer to that creator as a god. Biblical Christians refer to the Creator as The God, as presented in the most popular Book ever published, the Bible. Salvation – Eternal Life in Less Than 150 Words Please Read/Respond to Comments – on Medium
[…] we are headed toward an unknown future of lies and deceit. Yet, there is a place Christians can go for the truth from an unchanging God… the Bible. Consider turning off broadcast and social news and reading what God has to say about the world and, more importantly, eternal life through Jesus Christ. Salvation – […]
[…] Lord! Driving with our family and playing a game of riddles, my nine-year old grandson made the comment this week that “we should not make jokes about Bible stuff.” I choose to let his comment go unchallenged as it reflected a growing Christian maturity that I did not want to blunt. However, I did […]
[…] him?” he asked reporters in 2013. “Who am I to judge?” (details). This is in line with his progressive views that are in conflict with both the Bible and past Catholic dogma. So, as we look to the future of the Catholic church, one could ask, what is Catholicism today? More importantly, what will […]
[…] God living in me was incredibly cool! And that’s probably how I would have described it when I was twenty-six years old. Actually, almost everything in the Bible blew my mind. The miracles and how everything came together like the perfect plot in the best sci-fi novel of all time. I devoured the Word. […]
My Bible study group is reading through the Gospel of John in the New Testament. The apostle John gives us a compelling revelation of Jesus as God on earth, the son of God! His teachings, healings, miracles, and lifestyle all pointed to what He said: “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” John […]
[…] for how God desires we proceed? Are we to go to war and slaughter unbelievers, steal their land, and set up a new nation for ourselves? The Bible is clear; we are at war. The book of Revelation describes our enemies as dragons, beasts, immoral kings, natural disasters, and hordes of flying scorpions. The […]
[…] life and faith backgrounds yet still maintain our Biblical Christian worldview as a light, rather than hidden under a basket (Matthew 5:15), only to be displayed in Bible studies and Sunday morning church services? What is the first, and then second, priority in Biblical love …? Mark 12:30-31 – ‘And you shall love the […]
[…] scenes of Japanese people screaming and running for their lives. Voila! Now you have a success mentor for the ages. Then there is “the son of perdition” from the Bible, better known as the Antichrist. He will never be mentioned in a book about living an abundant life. But he should be. Photo by Master Wen on Unsplash I’ve […]
[…] tribulation will be a tumultuous time of warfare, disasters, and divine judgment. But God has it all under control, as Psalm 2:2–6 assures …. Many students of Bible prophecy consider Revelation 16:12–16 to possibly refer to China in the end times.” Quoting from Elon Musk on “what keeps him up at night” … “I […]
[…] conversion. This includes participation in temple rituals and obedience to its “laws of the gospel.” Further, they place the Book of Mormon on equal footing with the Bible. Other heretical views include a belief in three different levels and locations of heaven, that God was once a man, that the Trinity is made up […]
[…] all things in order to save some, that there are both narrow and wide roads, that we remain sinners after being saved, and we are told the Bible is an instruction manual for life. Sometimes the plank in our eye blinds us from the spec in others. We do need to be reminded that […]
[…] faith. Christians believe there is a God. Biblical Christians believe that God wrote a Book as an inerrant instruction manual for the life of the believer. The Bible is a divine document, not to be challenged, but to submissively adhere to in its core theology. Finally, atheists view the world through the lens of […]
[…] the Babylon Bee may seem absurd. Actually, the debate has been raging for sometime between Catholic doctrine, in its drift toward universalism, and the text of the Bible. In September of 2024, the Pope announced at the conclusion of a seminar that included a broad coalition of false religions that, “They are like different […]
[…] do people say there are no tears in heaven? – Because God wipes them all away! Certainly not humorous, but one of the few pictures in the Bible on the relationship between believers and God on the other side of the grave. Revelation 7:17b – God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. […]
[…] Why did Lazarus wake up grumpy? – Because he was dead tired! Lazarus was the third person Jesus resurrected, if one accepts a traditional chronology of the Bible. The first was the widow’s son of Nain (Luke 7:11-17), the second was Jarius’ daughter (Luke 8:40-56), and the third was Lazarus (John 11:1-44). The anger […]
[…] history of Christianity. It’ll have no effect on my faith. Jesus and I will still be super tight. I just won’t do all that praying, reading the Bible, going to church stuff.” This is the outcome of Deconstruction for most who walk down this road. There is nothing wrong with questioning one’s religious views […]
[…] lexicon of Christian theology called “Multiplication of Ministry.” The basic principle is that the church should be a “Greenhouse for the Great Commission.” The focus of mid-week Bible studies, short-term missions, and general day-to-day evangelism should have a broader goal than the individuals listening to a Christian teacher. There should be a motivation to […]
[…] benign desire to ensure religious freedom, while actually promoting Satan…. The Satanic Temple – A Social Organization? Non-Theistic Satanists in Our Elementary Schools UN Sculpture and the Bible However, there is a new rising star (Isaiah 14:12) in the earthly arena of evil, the Satanic Grotto. Their mantra is, “only might is right and […]
Words of Wisdom from the Babylon Bee – How many seminaries, expressing a desire to teach Christianity, are, in fact, training future pastors and missionaries to believe the Bible should not be trusted to present His commands accurately? How many have been diverted from the primary responsibility they have to their students, which is to […]
[…] of tradition. The “job” or calling of a pastor is not an easy profession. And Sunday’s are the tip of the iceberg in dealing with counseling sessions, Bible studies, committee meetings, weddings, funerals, denominational and church administration, etc. Motivation for years of service comes more from a love of God and, through that, a […]
[…] and misrepresented is regarding the context of the audience. The example James provides is concerning a brother or sister — another believer in Christ who is in need. The Bible has numerous references on taking care of family first (1 Timothy 3:5, 5:8), which includes God’s family (Galatians 6:10). The Apostle John instructs in both his […]
[…] by God because it does take away our sin and unite us with God (John 1:29). “This is a foreshadowing of justification, not by works, but by the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, or… I’m reading too much into the Bible.” Salvation – Eternal Life in Less Than 150 Words Please Read/Respond to Comments – on Medium
[…] Savior and Lord. The splintering of theology comes from the freedom we have to establish our own, unique subset, our poor understanding of the nuances within the Bible (God is omniscient and we are not), and our sin nature which corrupts our worldview. Salvation – Eternal Life in Less Than 150 Words Please Read/Respond to Comments […]
[…] our minds breaks down in an attempt to understand God’s actions or inactions, we have a clear choice. We can either reject what we read in the Bible and create our own religion (which has been the typical answer), or we can concede that God is both loving, desiring “that no one should perish” […]
[…] Museum, a 75,000 square-foot facility housing 150 exhibits along with a large special effects theater. Sadly, public schools typically indoctrinate our kids into the belief that the Bible is a good book of moral teachings (at best), but events such as the Great Flood are nothing more than fairy tale stories. Further, kids are […]
[…] cheap velvet would be a compliment to mine. And no offense, but if you think yours would look pretty good, I suggest you look again. For my Bible talks about the power of God indwelling His children, calling them out and propelling them onward. It does not promote a comfortable life of stability and […]
[…] sit on a pew for an hour or so a week. What delight does that give Him? Does He care that you’re there every week with your Bible in hand if you’re resentful or judgmental? Would you welcome someone into your house with that attitude? God can feel delight, and He wants that to […]
[…] Preacher.” He is popular because he is a good showman and preaches a prosperity form of the gospel message. He intentionally leaves out the downside of the Bible (sin) and other areas that might turn folks off. Scripture offers some direction to your point…. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by […]