2 Timothy 3:5 ESV having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. "Well, you know, those two couples have been fighting with one another for years. This is nothing new." Almost three decades ago when I...
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An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil – Part 4
This series has the subtitle, Case Studies in Evil. The theme comes from Paul's words to Timothy - 2 Timothy 3:5 ESV having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. It is now time to begin...
Continue ReadingAn Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil – Part 4An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 2)
2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. (2) For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, (3) heartless,...
Continue ReadingAn Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 2)Judgment of the Wicked is Part of the Gospel
1 Timothy 1:8-11 ESV Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, (9) understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and...
Continue ReadingJudgment of the Wicked is Part of the GospelSome Thoughts on Churches that Abuse the Abused
Recently we watched a movie called A Call to Spy. It was about World War 2 and Britain's efforts to send agents into Nazi occupied France to gather intelligence and help organize resistance fighters. One out of three of these...
Continue ReadingSome Thoughts on Churches that Abuse the AbusedDon’t be One of These False Prophets Promising False Peace
“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace....
Continue ReadingDon’t be One of These False Prophets Promising False PeaceLet’s Think Some More about the Popular “Christian”
Isaiah 53:3 ESV He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. I would like to ask...
Continue ReadingLet’s Think Some More about the Popular “Christian”Christ’s Remnant – There ARE True Christians
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”...
Continue ReadingChrist’s Remnant – There ARE True ChristiansDo Not Pity the Wicked – Pity is Their Ploy
But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and...
Continue ReadingDo Not Pity the Wicked – Pity is Their PloyTruth, Lies, Light and Darkness Cannot Co-Exist
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. (1 John 2:9-10 ESV) Do not lie...
Continue ReadingTruth, Lies, Light and Darkness Cannot Co-Exist