Luk 14:10-11 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who...
Continue ReadingWatch Out for People Who are Running to the Head of the TableMonth: May 2018
Shunning is Not Always Wrong
Many times I have heard people criticize churches and Christians for "shunning" someone. And in many of those cases the criticism is valid because the person being shunned is in fact a victim of some evil which the church refused...
Continue ReadingShunning is Not Always WrongThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and False
This past week my wife and I were driving up the interstate when we saw a large billboard that said: Real Christians Forgive Like Jesus The sign also included a Scripture reference, Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,...
Continue ReadingThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and FalseYou Cannot Appease Evil – It Will Just Grow Stronger
Pro 22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. A widespread, common, and dangerous fallacy rampant among Christians is that if victims of evil just submit to it, if they work harder...
Continue ReadingYou Cannot Appease Evil – It Will Just Grow StrongerThe Danger of Confusing Faith with Superstition
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Many non-Christians accuse Christians of being superstitious (and therefore foolish) people. Some of these accusations are correct. Let me show you why. First,...
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