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Salvation Requires Perseverance

Salvation Requires Perseverance

Understanding how salvation works is extremely important. Sadly, there’s much confusion and deception over this topic in Christianity today. I realize in an article of this length that I can’t possibly cover everything, but I hope merely to provide a biblically faithful, ...
Chop Your Hand Off

Chop Your Hand Off

Jesus calls us to eradicate sin at any cost. As a preteen, I developed an obsession with violence. Home alone frequently during the summer, I would turn on the family’s satellite TV and watch movies. No one knew what I was doing, and I was fascinated with the music, ...
Follow After Wisdom

Follow After Wisdom

To be known as a person of good character is something to be proud of. As Christians, we endeavor to live a life that exemplifies the nature of God through His Son, Jesus. It takes a lot of work and commitment to live the way we are taught by the Scriptures. The Bible ...
Matthew 5 Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5 Sermon on the Mount

Jesus’s words matter. The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings from the young rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth.
No One Will Control Me

No One Will Control Me

Are you confident, assertive, and capable? Are you generally uncomfortable with working on a team? Are your heroes rugged individualists who took life by the horns and bent the world to their will? Are you determined, decisive, and direct? If so, then you may just be a ...
The Lion of Judah

The Lion of Judah

Lions are described as the king of the jungle and for a good reason. Lions are majestic, strong, and courageous. They are also fierce protectors. A lion’s roar can be heard five miles away. Jesus is known to us as the Lamb of God (John 1:29). He is also known as the Lion of ...
Love the Right Way

Love the Right Way

Matthew 5:43-47 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR [Leviticus 19:18] and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun ...
I Can’t Wait to See What’s Next

I Can’t Wait to See What’s Next

Are you an upbeat person who is always on the lookout for your next exciting adventure? Do you have an unlimited supply of optimism welling up within you? Would you rather explore the island than sit on the beach? If you answered, “Yes,” to these questions, you just may be ...
A Christian Response to Gun Violence

A Christian Response to Gun Violence

How can we be salt and light in a world filled with tragedy? In the 911 call recording, you can hear Tiffany trying to keep it together. Behind her, children are crying. She shushes them repeatedly, trying to keep her own panicked breathing under control. She’s insisting that she hears gunshots. In the background, sirens wail.
Because He Lives

Because He Lives

It could seem plausible that anthropologists 50 years from now might look back at the odd belief that having a grand celebration one night might bring a new life and happiness to individuals that it was unattainable to the previous year. Their conclusion would be that: this magical thinking was predominant across social, ethnic, gender, and religious traditions, causing much grief and pain as those grandiose plans most always failed; and that somehow by making special goals, they could radically change their life.
I Will Be Ready for That

I Will Be Ready for That

How much time, effort, and money have you put into emergency readiness? In other words, do you have a blanket, flashlight, and prepackaged food in your vehicle in case you break down somewhere? Do you have dried food, a barrel of iodine infused water, and antibiotics stored ...
Brood of Vipers!

Brood of Vipers!

God Does Not Cancel, He Calls Cancel culture is one “in which [people] gain prestige for identifying small offenses…, and then publicly ‘calling out’ the offenders.… Call-out culture … award[s] status to people who shame or punish alleged offenders.”1 In twenty-first ...