In this fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy to end up busier and more conflicted than we want or need to be. Many if not most of us are already there. We feel stressed out. We are sleep-deprived. We feel as if we are being pulled …
For the past 20 years, Rev. Andres Arango performed the Sacrament of Baptism in the Catholic Church he served. He would say, “We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” According to the Catholic Church, the …
Years ago, I read some interesting results of research conducted by the Barna Group. It addressed what Americans believe about the person of Christ. It goes without saying that not everybody in Christendom agrees on who Jesus was and is. That’s one of the reasons we …
God called Moses upon a mountain, instructing Him to build a sanctuary so He could dwell among His people. “According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall …
Listen to people in the world talk today. They often do so as if God doesn’t count. Many of them make light of the authority of the Scriptures. To them, the Bible is just another literary work. They read it, heeding none of its warnings and …
Regarding our requests to God James writes, “But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind” (James 1:6, NASB). This means that when we pray to God, we …
“It is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” (Romans 13:11, KJV). Paul the apostle wrote these words to the church at Rome. These words suggest that the church at Rome had spiritually fallen asleep. Paul’s …
Perhaps every local church has some. I’m talking about traditions and man-made rules. Sometimes, they have resulted from events that happened in the past that needed to be addressed. Some of these traditions serve the local church well. But whenever the traditions of men negate the …
In every local Christian church I have been a member of, the majority of adults have been women. In every Christian church I have belonged to, most of the faithful workers have been women. To me, this is a problem. Do I have an issue with …
