Opposing the Truth Instead of Promoting It

In this election season, like never before in my lifetime, religious freedom is under attack and promises are being made by many candidates to protect it. While this might be comforting to some, the track record of political promise keepers is reason for doubt. Even...

Mocking What You Reject

One of the most frustrating things for me as a Christian is when an unbeliever mocks the Bible. When I first started walking close with the Lord, it seemed everywhere I turned I heard the Word of God being mocked. It took many years of Christian growth and maturity to...

You Have No Choice

One of my favorite chapters in the New Testament is 2 Timothy 3, and as our pastor was reading it, I read again for the first time a verse that somehow has escaped my notice. I think it may be that I so often concentrate on the first nine verses that warns of perilous...

Striving For Christ

My pastor likes to you the term “stickability.” It’s a clever term for steadfastness. The Random House Dictionary defines steadfastness as “fixed in direction; steadily directed; firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment; unwavering; firmly established....

Preaching Like Paul (Part 2)

As Christians what should we do about the peddlers and shysters preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ? Well, what did the Apostle Paul do? He rejoiced… “Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: The former preach Christ...