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: false shepherds
Some 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”Legalism: The Great Friend of the Abuser
Matthew 23:16-23 ESV (16) “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ (17) You blind fools!...
Continue ReadingLegalism: The Great Friend of the AbuserThe Lord Jesus Offended Many – and He Still Does so Today
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they...
Continue ReadingThe Lord Jesus Offended Many – and He Still Does so Today“Give us Barabbas!” – When the Wicked are Chosen and the Righteous Rejected
Matthew 27:21-23 The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said,...
Continue Reading“Give us Barabbas!” – When the Wicked are Chosen and the Righteous RejectedElitists Love to Creep into Church Leadership Positions
1 Timothy 3:2-3 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (3) not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. I was thinking...
Continue ReadingElitists Love to Creep into Church Leadership PositionsWhat 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?Gehazi is Still Among us – and often he is in charge!
In the account of the miraculous healing of Namaan the Syrian at the hands of Elisha at Samaria, we see an example of something that is all too common today in the churches. Elisha had a servant named Gehazi and...
Continue ReadingGehazi is Still Among us – and often he is in charge!