We often forget as Christians that the life we live should be born out of our relationship
with God through Christ and not our relationship with the Commandments of God.
What do I mean by this? For too many people the life that should be an adventure of a
lifetime becomes a list of do’s and don’ts. Like [...]
Hundreds of years ago, a wise man named Timothy, shared some very wise advice. His instructions to those who wanted to serve the true God completely, was not to pay attention to “erratic notions” and “myths” (Translation – Byington – 1 Tim. 1:3,4) Does this advice apply today? Without a doubt, as wrong ideas regarding [...]
Your head pounds violently. Every muscle in your body quivers with desperate anxiety. Sweat drains from every pore. Fearfully, you squint through the iron grate of your armor, watching the heat waves wriggle upward from the dusty earth. The mid-afternoon air is heavy with an unnatural calm. Once more, you readjust your metal grip on [...]
The Doctrines of Grace, otherwise known as the Five Points of Calvinism, are central truths found in the Bible. The reference to these truths as the “Five Points of Calvinism,” are referring to the 16th century reformer, John Calvin who reintroduced these truths to the forefront of thinking, during “dark age” of Catholic dominance. Calvin [...]
Before you think I’m being piously judgmental, please realize that I’m not saying that in the traditional sense associated with that phrase. I’m saying that in the sense of ‘If you don’t like what I’m saying, buy a book’, or ‘If you don’t like what I’m saying, drink some water’.
In other words, I’m saying that [...]