There’s something like 2600 flavors of Christendom at last count. This fact points us to a biblical question: “Is Christ divided?” I heard last week, “Well, the black church says things on Sunday from the pulpit that the white church don’t say.”
Is this what we’ve come to–an “us” and “them” mentality? (Just insert your [...]
What determines me having a good day or a bad day? What controls my actions and feelings on any given day? It’s the thoughts of my mind.
We are “led by our thoughts.” We’ve heard that all our lives, yet thoughts pour through our minds like a creek out of its banks. But what kind of water [...]
We’re spiritually going great. The love, joy, and peace, “the fruit of the Spirit,” is flowing down and through us on out to others. After a great day we get some sleep, wake up the next morning, and then–the blahs hit us. Other thoughts begin to enter into our mind about worldly pursuits, obligations, responsibilities, [...]
We all have enemies. We all have people who have wronged us, and it is so easy to be bitter against them. But I never could understand until now why God admonishes us to pray for our enemies.
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and [...]
When I first heard Jeremiah Wright scream, “Not God bless America; God damn America!” I shuddered and said to myself, “Is this a sermon in a church?” Yes, it was. The Trinity United Church of Christ. And as the the hateful rhetoric spewed forth, I asked, “How could they call this hate doctrine Christlike? We [...]
In part one we saw that the offspring of God have their origins from above and not from this world. They are the sons and daughters of God; they are princes and princesses whose Father is the King. They are true Christians.
They will realize that they are put here by a Being that is [...]
The origin of the sons and daughters of God transcends any place here on earth. These soon to be revealed princes and princesses of God are actually strangers to earth. Earth is not their home. They are sojourners and pilgrims during their earthbound travels. Their roots go back to the beginning, locked deep down [...]
Lurking way down in every human being’s heart is a knowledge that God exists. Anyone who has tasted battle, who has belched up that bile of fear as the shells explode and lead whizzes past their head, knows. Anyone who has stared Death in its grotesque face, who has come a whisper away from their [...]
In the last post we saw that the Creator has a will that will prevail. His will is His desire or His wish for His creation, humankind. Humans are strongwilled; most desire things for number one. And their number one usually is not God, although it should be. If we have any other desire for what is to happen in our [...]
