“Why is it that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, rather than confessing that Jesus is King?” This is the question that we will attempt to answer in this article. Specifically, how does the answer to this question impact my life and standing as...
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 KJV I don’t know, maybe it’s just me…but my folks only had two kids and at one time, two dogs and a cat. Yet, whenever...
A preacher recently reminded his congregation in a well crafted sermon that during the Christmas season, we do well to emulate the wise men who came to worship the Christ child. Like them, we are to make much of Him who is born King of Israel. Furthermore, he issued the...
Many years ago I had a conversation with my brother about the sad state of world affairs. He was not a fan of the then president, Ronald Reagan. Myself on the other hand appreciated the policies that the president was putting into place. In the course of our conversation, I...
“We were all ‘was’ at one time, but Once you meet the Messiah, ‘am’ is all that matters” The Apostle Philip in ‘the Chosen” Time is an illusory but useful construct. In the 1980’s, I lived on the Caribbean island of St Lucia serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. During...
I have a picture in my scrapbook of my brother and I hugging each other when I was probably two and he was five. It warms my heart to see it because it reminds me of near to my heart he is. There are pictures like that in the scriptures...
Glorifying God “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV What does it...
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV Why Church? We hear much...
Is God Capricious in Salvation? ca·pri·cious | \ kə-ˈpri-shəs , -ˈprē- \ Definition of capricious : governed or characterized by caprice: IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE Is it just me? Why does God in the Old Testament seem to be so much different than God in the New Testament? I used to date a girl that was very capricious. Her unpredictability was fun for...
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…” James 4:8 Recent sermons from a local pastor drew from both the experience of the Israelites at Mt Hermon and an exhortation from the book of James, to highlight for us the blessed position that believers have before our...