Whenever someone sends me a question about suicide, they are usually asking this because they had Christian friend or family member who ended their life. However, I’m always mindful that someone who’s thinking about ending their life might be reading this and would misunderstand my answer to these questions. Let me be clear: Suicide is […]
2 Corinthians 13:5 (NKJV) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?–unless indeed you are disqualified. The above verse was not given to encourage us in “Christian navel gazing”. Some people use this verse to scare you, to make you […]
We glorify satan when we give him credit for every problem in our life. I often hear Christians say that one of satan’s biggest deceptions is convincing people that he doesn’t exist. This may be true, but the problem I see is that some Christians believe he exist in every area of their lives. They […]
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like hearing good news. How do you react when you’re told good news? How does hearing good news make you feel? The gospel is good news, it’s not good news mixed with bad news. Much of what is sold as “the gospel” is not the gospel at all but […]
Chapter three of the book of Exodus gives the account of God commissioning Moses to bring His people out of Egypt: Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should […]
There is this sentiment among some today that you can love Jesus without loving the church. You hear it all the time. “I’m done with church. I don’t really need to go to church…my relationship with God is personal. I just don’t believe in organized church.” There are those who would like for us to […]
I wanted to write this post for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted to give an update on my recovery and to thank all of you for your prayers and words of encouragement. As I write this today, it has been two weeks since my surgery. Actually, I had to be taken back to […]
What repentance is NOT. To the average Christian repentance means tearful remorse, pleading with God asking Him to forgive you of your sin and promising to “never do it again”. The word repentance has been used as a weapon against the naïve in the church for so long. I’m convinced that most of the church […]
Did God really forsake His Son on the Cross and if He did, what’s to say that He won’t do the same to us when we sin? With Easter approaching, soon there will be many sermons preached about the crucifixion of Jesus and many preachers will say that God turned His back on Jesus as […]
I recently received the following question about forgiveness. “If future sins are forgiven, why did Peter tell Simon the sorcerer to ask God to forgive him for trying to buy the apostles gift of laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit?” Let’s read these scriptures found in Acts 8:18-24 (NKJV) 18 And when […]