by admin | Jan 12, 2014 | Christian Perfection, Temptation
Ephesians 4:27, “and do not give the devil an opportunity.” I have come to enjoy reading and listening to mp3 recordings of the sermons of Charles Spurgeon. One of the things about his sermons which struck me is that he often preached a very long sermon around a...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 The key to this temptation of Christ is illusion. I had the occasion to take a man to the hospital who said he was dying of cancer but was in reality a drifter addicted to cocaine. After he was settled in a room, I went back to visit...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 There is no doubt in my mind that angels are present among us. On my family’s move from Maryland to Florida in the late 1980s, we knew from the very beginning that something was wrong with the moving truck we rented. From time to time...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 It seems rather strange that waiting would be connected to temptation or food. On closer examination, however, waiting on God to provide food is not new. God provided manna and quail to the people of Israel en route from their...
by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Justification by Faith
Salvation is only the beginning of Christ’s work in our hearts. The story of the exodus from Egypt did not end with the passover. The next task the Lord gave the people of Israel was to clean all the leaven from their homes. This begins the process of...