Working Alone does not Impress Jesus We live in an accomplishment obsessed culture. We tend to judge ourselves and our lives on checklists. We look at how much did we do today and how well we did it and then assess ourselves. Did we get a ton done today? Did we get too little? Did…
God could have shown Himself to Isaiah at any time during the 52 years of Uzziah’s’ reign. He could have given this vision during the times of faithfulness and certainty in Israel. Yet, God waits until Uzziah is fallen in shame and sin. He comes when things are bleak and scary and makes Himself so crystal clear.
We all have to learn to serve God. Serving God does not come naturally to us. We start our journey with God from a position of newness. Our old life is dead and gone. The things that used to define us often don’t matter anymore and we are a babe in Christ. It is a…
We Need the Church in Our Lives When God breathed life into Adam something interesting happened. After creating the rest of the universe and declaring it good, God made one man and saw that something was not good. It was not good for Adam to be alone. A man just does not do well by…
A Discussion of What is Loving, Not What is Sinful Alcohol consumption is an issue that can serve to divide the body of Christ. This should never be so. The Bible is clear that drinking wine or other alcoholic beverages by themselves is not sinful. Drunkenness, certainly sinful, but Jesus Himself drank wine. So while…
Why are you serving? Is it for Jesus or for Man? Have you examined why you serve? If you volunteer at church, in rescue missions or on the streets, have you asked why you are doing it? If you think you know, let me give you simple test to see if you are correct. The results…
Why did Jesus choose the pain of the Cross? Why did God choose such an awful way to die? Jesus is fully sovereign and all-powerful. He could have chosen any number of ways to be killed that were significantly less terrible. Yet, He chose to take on this horrible death for us specifically. Jesus took…
The Bible tells us that each of us has an odor issue. That is something we never want to hear, right? No, it is not THAT kind of smell. If we are Christians, it is something wonderful. When we follow Jesus in this world, we give off an unmistakable fragrance to everyone around us. It…
We have probably all been there in our life as a Christian. That time where everything seems just dry. Our faith is not shaken and we know that God is real. We know that we will remain Christian, we just are not “feeling” the life in Jesus like we used for whatever reason. God seems…
Jesus is the most excellent Savior. He takes us just as we are at the moment of salvation. We do not need to clean ourselves up in order to be adopted as one of God’s children. His love and salvation are based upon His goodness and not ours. Because God is such a good Father,…