2 Thessalonians 2:10 observes, they perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Truth hurts. Most of us don’t really like the truth because it has a nasty way of disagreeing with the way we want things to be.
Truth is not swayed by our will or wishes; it doesn’t change because we cry or scream. We become deceitful and lie in order to create an illusion of truth so that we get what we want.
God says He is truth. (more…)
John 4.36 promises the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life.
God warned us, while living among us, as one of us, not too place our life pursuit upon things that didn’t last like houses, clothes and money. God might have added cars to this mix had they been invented while He lived among us.
These are the very things most of us pursue for defining our success and significance in the world. God is not opposed to working for reward. (more…)
Matthew 16.4 describes a wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it
except the sign of Jonah.
There are many in the Christian camp who believe we are close to the ‘end times.’
This belief has been prevalent in Christianity since its inception almost, the Apostle Paul discusses this issue in his letter to the Thessalonians who seemed to have quit working so they could stand around and watch for Jesus to return. Paul rebuked such behavior. (more…)
Colossians 2:6 commands, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in 
Him. What makes a person a Christian?
The debate has long raged because unlike all of the other religions, there are no ‘3 steps’ to making oneself a Christian. There are however 3 principles that if not evident in our lives should cause us much concern about our belief that we truly are Christians. (more…)
Philippians 2.21 observes everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Humanity is created by God to serve God and to live with God forever. Simple to understand largely ignored.
If there really is God it only makes sense that He would be our Creator. If we are created then it only makes sense it is to serve the Creator. (more…)
2 Corinthians 10:5 proclaims we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against 
the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
We are in a war.
This war has been occurring since one man and one woman began living together in the perfect environment of Eden. This war is the war of ideas, the war of truth and lies, the war of trust leading to obedience or doubt leading to self preservation. (more…)
2 Samuel 14.14 observes, like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, He devises ways so that a banished person does not remain
banished from Him.
What a great description of God.
This description is not found in any other record book about God except the Bible. The Muslims don’t record such a description. The Hindus don’t record such a description. No other book records that God does not desire human death but devises ways to restore people to Him forever.
So why do people die? (more…)
2 Corinthians 3:18 expects we all, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
We were made by God for God to serve God. It takes a degree of humility on our part to accept this reality. If there is a God, and we are not Him, then we must be the creation and He the Creator.
If we are the creation then we are subject to the will of the Creator. The Bible declares the will of the Creator to be all of His creation glorify Him. (more…)
Ezekiel 11.19 promises I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove 
from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
The purpose of religion is to make people better so that they can appease God and get along with one another better. It doesn’t work. (more…)
Psalm 66.20 describes God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!
All Christians should go see the movie War Room. It is both a challenge and encouragement in the areas of prayer, marriage, parenting and priority.
The question gets asked in the movie about the priority of prayer in a professing Christian’s life. The character admits to not spending much time in that discipline. Most of us would probably echo that sentiment. (more…)
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