Looking Back
In Genesis 19:19-26 and Luke 17:28-32, Lot’s wife was told not to look back. She disobeyed and was turned into a pillar of salt. There is incredible importance to this story for us today. No, we may not necessarily fear being turned into a pillar of salt, but there is...
Love vs. Hate
Love is one of those words which is very difficult to define. The dictionary only scratches the surface in defining love by describing it as affection, an emotion or the object of attachment, devotion or admiration (Merriam-Webster). Love as a feeling or emotion is a...
What Is Power?
“Daddy!” The voice startled me. It was after 10 o’clock at night, and I thought the kids were sound asleep. I turned to look from the kitchen and saw my daughter in the bathroom with a bloody nose. She inherited the family’s nose bleeds and actually has them quite...
Sacrifice
Revelation 7:13-14 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?" I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation,...
Is The Rapture Unbiblical?
The rapture is an often preached-on topic in pulpits (and radios/televisions) across the United States today and also appears as a topic in articles in Christian magazines. Unfortunately, a number of positions on the rapture have no support in the Bible. Although...
The Azalea: A Case Study of Contextual Theology for Southside Virginia
“What are you doing!” I was startled by the harsh voice from my next door neighbor. I stopped my work digging up small bushes in the corner of my backyard and looked up to see her approaching the chain-link fence which divided our properties. Ordinarily, I am not fond...
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