One distinguishing trait of a Christian is being an absolutist rather than a relativist. Of course you know that as Christians, we are to believe that certain things are absolute rather than relative, which subscribes to the ever popular mantra, “Everything is relative.” Everything is NOT relative. If it were, then that statement defeats itself (since that is […]
Exodus 14:11-13-And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? 12I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and […]
Choosing God over the world will seem like death. But choose God anyway. That is the lesson of Ruth in the Old Testament. Ruth had a choice between choosing God and choosing her comfort. When her jewish husband died, she was left with her mother-in-law. But the mother-in-law wanted to go back to her country Israel. Ruth […]
True or false? If it is God’s will, then everything will work out all smoothly and easily. False. Not always, anyway. I have often heard people, including pastors and teachers, who said something like, “Don’t worry. If it is God’s will, He will work it out and everything will be smooth and easy. If it […]
Matthew 22:37–And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Have you ever wondered how it is possible to walk in love with your enemies, or with people you love who offend you repeatedly? Naturally we don’t think […]
How does our good works go with God’s grace? Since God’s grace is God doing all the necessary work for our salvation, where does our good works fit in? I will put it simply like this and then explain: God has done it; now we do it. What I don’t mean is since God […]
Hebrews 10:35-36-Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. When you think about what pushes us to endure, it generally is the “promise” that if we keep going and doing what is right there […]
When God is at work in your life, He will often start by killing your dream. We’re living in the wrong country if the above statement is true, aren’t we? The American dream is that if we can dream it, we can make it a reality. And we hear success story after success story that […]
When we see no way, God makes a way. Has your life gotten you in a place where you see no way out? You feel stuck and you can’t see any way out of it? And you wonder why God puts you in that place? Perhaps, this, after striving to follow God and be faithful […]
Isaiah 2:22-Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? Have you ever thought about what really constitutes unconditional love? Or how you verify you are being loved unconditionally, or know that you love someone else unconditionally? Throughout the O.T., God tested the children of Israel through various seasons of life. Some seasons […]