Obedience Brings Wisdom The Bible says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10) But it’s our obedience to His word that reveals this wisdom to the world. “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments … Therefore be careful to observe […]

Obedience Isn’t Difficult How often do we hear that to obey this or that command out of the Bible is too difficult, or it’s unrealistic given the circumstances we’re faced with, or the society we live in? All this posturing is nothing less than rationalization, because of our desire to live our lives the way […]

Whom Shall We Serve Whom we serve determines our destiny. “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” (Romans 6:16) When we come to belief in Jesus Christ we are […]

Mean What You Say Do we really mean what we say? The people came to Jeremiah saying, “Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.” (Jeremiah 42:3) Jeremiah said, “I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell […]

How Are We To Love? Love is not what we think. In our society there are many definitions for love. There’s a passionate love, where our emotions go wild. There’s a familial love where we say that blood is thicker than water. There’s also a love for others, sometimes this is described as “brotherly love.” […]

It’s Not About Feelings Far too often we live our Christian lives based upon what or how we feel. But God and His word, the Bible, never tell us to fulfill our Christian duty based upon what or how we may feel on a particular day. So we may not be in the mood. God […]

God’s Secret Weapon As a spiritual discipline, fasting has fallen out of grace and favor within today’s church. We hear little about it from the pulpit, and we see it practiced even less. It’s accepted as doctrine, but it’s not being applied. Why is it so important? Because the human heart hasn’t changed, it’s still […]

The Cost of Christianity When will we stop thinking we can serve God and it’ll cost us nothing. Somewhere in our not too distant past Christians began thinking they can be saved but not serve. They began to think they could be a Christian and just sit in the pews, or they could be like […]

Our Relationship with the Father Our relationship with the Father should be no different than Jesus’ relationship with Him, which speaks to dependence, obedience, and intimacy. “Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever […]

God’s Word Becoming Flesh Christmas is when we celebrate the most wonderful news humanity could ever receive, and that is, the Lord God, the second person of the Godhead, the Word of God, Jesus Christ, came to this earth as one of us, to die for us so we can have eternal life. “In the […]