Christianity is more than mere religion. It is based upon a personal relationship with Christ. But many people in church fail to ever move from religion to relationship. Our enemy the devil has no problem with people being faithful, religious churchgoers. What he doesn’t want is …
Want to be a winner in life? Find a winner in life and emulate his ways. Similarly, the Bible tells us to become “followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises” (Hebrews 6:12, KJV). This verse refers to believers who know how to …
American religion today is not what it used to be. Nearly three in ten US adults are religiously unaffiliated. Through mobile devices, the internet and apps; faith has gone high tech, resulting in less church attendance. Increasingly more people these days refer to themselves as “spiritual …
God has not called us to bear every load that life places upon us. Rather, He has given us a number of resources to help us bear the load of life. For instance, Jesus taught us how to pray to God. He also stressed the need …
The title of this blog post may seem insignificant to some. Why should I rejoice in the fact that this is the day the Lord has made? they ask. “This day” is not unique to any other day, in terms of who made it. For it …
Have you ever met or known a ruthless bully? I’m talking about someone who randomly inflicts punishment upon others for no reason at all. The biggest bully in the world is someone we can’t see; that is the devil. He is rampant in the earth. He …
As a pastor, I sometimes hear churchgoers talk about how hard it is to understand the Bible. Being unable to understand the Bible is a serious problem because you can’t live by what you don’t understand. The Lord does not want us to be hearers of …
Here is the situation. Jesus died almost 2000 years ago. We did not exist at that time. We had not committed any sins because we were not of His generation. So, just whom did Jesus die for? Was His atoning death only for those who lived …
Everybody is traveling on a road in life. Ultimately, however, every road in life leads to one of two places. It either leads to the place of eternal life, or to the place of eternal damnation. In one’s quest to find the road that leads to …
How would you define your relationship with Christ? Are you a passionate Christian or would you define yourself as being passive toward Christ? Every Christian is in the driver’s seat as to what kind of relationship he or she will have with the Lord. I realize …
