by admin | Aug 25, 2024 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, False Teaching, Following Christ, Obedience
don’t spend much time on Facebook, mostly because I get in trouble for speaking my mind, and there’s just way too much scuzz on social media. You do know what scuzz is, right? It’s the junk which accumulated in a filter within the air conditioning system of our...
by admin | Aug 18, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Relationships, Salvation, Sin, Teachings of Jesus
Recently, I watched a short PragerU video by Dennis Prager in which he said that our greatest need today is gratitude. It’s hard to disagree, because there is no doubt that ingratitude causes a myriad of calamity in our own lives as well as in society at large....
by admin | Jun 5, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
This is a little long, but it is very important. Of all the gospel accounts, John 1:19-31, 3:22-36 vividly portrays the role of John the Baptist and lines up with Numbers 8:7-8. He is purifying and baptizing people in his role as the forerunner to Christ. We should...
by admin | May 29, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Following Christ, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
For quite some time, I have wanted to undertake an extensive study on John the Baptist. I was finally able to complete it, and frankly, it did not take as long as I was expecting. Since then, I gave messages in two different churches on John the Baptist. I will post...
by admin | May 19, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Obedience, Teachings of Jesus
We have all likely read Matthew 11:29 multiple times. Jesus said, “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.” This is a partial quote from Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Stand by the...
by admin | Apr 28, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Love, Teachings of Jesus
Paul provides another expression of meekness in 2 Corinthians 2:1-11. The context here is a transgression of some kind which was disciplined by the church. The object of this set of verses is repentance coupled with forgiveness. Where an individual has committed a...