In Revelation 3:15 Jesus says “because you are lukewarm I will spit you out of my mouth.” The hard truth is that this is no different than when Jesus says to the goats “Depart from me for I never knew you.” Do you want to know whether you are a lukewarm Christian? In Revelation 3:17 [...]
I do not like emotional appeals to follow Christ or worship services that are overly emotional in nature. I believe that emotions lie in that context. A person comes to salvation when God produces faith and scripture teaches that “faith comes from hearing the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). What is needed for people to [...]
Jesus never presented the Gospel like most evangelical Christians do. He demanded complete submissive obedience and total surrender to Him. In fact, when people expressed interest in becoming a Christian he discouraged them from following Him if they were not willing to give up everything else and obey His Words. All of this “accept Jesus [...]
Don’t Worry Be happy. Do you remember that song? It was sort of a silly song I think in the 80s which is of course when I was growing up . I guess that tells you how old I am. Anyway I thought of that song as I was reading Philippians 4:6 this morning. Don’t [...]
Do you remember a few years ago when some private letters from Mother Teresa were made public and people found out that she had experienced difficult times in her faith where she felt that God was distant. She admitted to living in a state of deep spiritual loneliness. She even referred to it as [...]
I have learned so much about trusting God from my children. This is one of those precious lessons.
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