If we as believers in Jesus are so certain to be saved (John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Rom. 10:9; 1 Thess. 1:10; 5:9) then why warn us about the dangers of falling away and forfeiting salvation (1 Cor. 10:1-12; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:24-31)? Could we not also rightly ask: If we as believers in Jesus can fall away and lose our salvation then why assure us that we will be saved and we will be kept safe from falling away (Rom. …
Have you ever said to yourself, or to others, "I hate my life"? I have--multiple times. What I meant was that I hate the circumstances of my life--circumstances that I caused--circumstances that I cannot run away from, that I cannot change, that I have to live with for the rest of my life. That is the life I hate. I sabotaged my own future and have been living out the consequences since 2012. At time…
While some professing Christians clamor for unity at any cost, we tend to forget that division is also inevitable, and every single one of us makes clear distinctions all the time whether or not we realize it. We distinguish between petty or hardened criminals from law-abiding citizens; we distinguish between robbers from those who self-sacrificially give to the poor; and we ceratinly distinguish between those …
A pastor might say to sinners, "Give Jesus your heart," but this is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ and this is not the way to be saved . All you can "give" to Jesus is your sin, not your heart, not your will. The person who has not yet been made alive spiritually--born again, born from above, regenerated--cannot give Jesus his heart (1 Cor. 1:18, 30, 31; 2:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 1…
This is not an exhaustive but a brief post about standing before a just God and being judged. So much more can be written. There are days, even brief seasons, when I am not on a "spiritual high," but drained, perhaps physically, mentally, and spiritually. Some days, some brief seasons in my life I am quiet, I don't want to hear music or preaching or people talking or the phone ringing, bu…
Before you read one word on this topic of Homosexuality and the Gospel you need to know that this hot-button issue is quite personal for me because I am also a same-sex attracted male, albeit single and celibate, and I was born again in May of 1995. I have studied and considered the issue of Homosexuality biblically, historically, and socially--not extensively, not in the best libraries the world has to offer, …