Certain individuals believe they are saved solely based on their affiliation with the correct religious group. Others place their
confidence in salvation due to their water baptism, while some find assurance in their ability to speak in tongues as a sign of having the holy ...
Are you trusting, supportive, and accommodating? Are you the kind of person who is always seeking harmony in your
relationships? Are you someone who can manage to be content in any situation? Is laziness your Achilles’ heel? If so, you just may be a peacemaker.
Peacemakers ...
When you think of worshipping Yahweh, what do you think of? How is it done? Most people would say the part of a church service of singing praises is the “worship” part of the service. This is true, but there is so much more to worship. We honor and worship Yahweh during the ...
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 ...
During my undergraduate studies, there were many students in my dorm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My hometown was a small oil town in the Alleghany Mountains much north of Pittsburgh. There were clearly culture differences. One evening, I was using the pay phone located ...
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.
One sure way to decide whether Jesus Christ is Lord in a life is to examine the evidence of everyday character. We can ask ourselves: Am I peaceful? Am I patient? Am I loving? These and many more qualities describe attitudes that motivate our actions. We can wash dishes ...
Sin has been, is now, and will be a consistent problem for humankind until Jesus Christ returns. The sin of Adam was passed to us all (Genesis 3). From the time of Adam until the resurrection of Jesus, the full sharing and communion with Yahweh was lost. Yahweh is a ...
Proverbs 2:3-5. If you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
How do you in this new covenant age ...
John 8:31-32, 36. So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
“So, if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
If you ...
1 Corinthians 13 is beautifully placed between chapters that challenge believers to live in love with one another, especially in the church. Chapter 13 on love sets the heart of how we are able to manage living in this world with all our relational ups and downs. If we heed ...
2 Peter 1:2. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
“Grace” and “peace” are part of the greetings in every church Epistle. Grace is God’s divine favor, His kindness, His blessings as a free gift; and peace is tranquility, ...
