I have the outline of a new book sitting here on my desk, which I never seem to have time to get started on. So I thought what I would do is write it here with a weekly installment, and...
Continue ReadingA New Series: An Appearance of Godliness – Case Studies in EvilTag: deception
Is Your Faith Supernatural or Superstitious?
Hebrews 11:1 ESV Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. If we do not have the "direction" of what we think is faith, that genuine faith given us as a gift from...
Continue ReadingIs Your Faith Supernatural or Superstitious?Betrayal by Friends and Family is Nothing New
Jeremiah 12:6 ESV For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.” We know...
Continue ReadingBetrayal by Friends and Family is Nothing NewThe Double Standard of the Wicked
Romans 2:21-23 ESV you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? (22) You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do...
Continue ReadingThe Double Standard of the WickedChrist’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 PloyHow the Leading of the Holy Spirit Directs EVERY Christian — And Why You Need to Know it
I never really felt that what they were telling me was right. But who am I? They quoted their verses and told me what they meant. I really did want to follow and obey Christ. I am not a rebel....
Continue ReadingHow the Leading of the Holy Spirit Directs EVERY Christian — And Why You Need to Know itTruth, 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-ExistWhat Does Christ’s Truth Look Like?
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are...
Continue ReadingWhat Does Christ’s Truth Look Like?Words of Wisdom from David Wells: Losing Our Virtue
The following is taken from the introduction to David F. Wells book Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover its Moral Vision [Eerdmans, 1998]. Wells is also the author of No Place for Truth and God in the Wasteland. I...
Continue ReadingWords of Wisdom from David Wells: Losing Our Virtue