There is a troubling occurrence within the church in modern times-divorce. Not the divorce of men and women and the breakdown of the marriage and the family structure. Although this occurrence is more frequent than one would wish, the divorce...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3, ESV) The prophet Jeremiah gives the people of God a keen insight into the everlasting love...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have been talking about suffering as being an ordained part of God’s will. Yes, I said and ordained part; suffering is not just allowed, in some or many cases it is ordained. If we hold that God is sovereign, then we must also hold that He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we begin to look at suffering in the Christian walk, a couple points need to be addressed. The first is that boasting about ourselves is wrong but boasting about Christ is necessary. Why would I say this? Well we must not seek to avoid or...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Is suffering ordained? In the book of 2 Thessalonians we are considering an idea that again seems not very popular in our world. It is the idea of suffering; and conversely, the idea of steadfastness and endurance in the midst of our weakness...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, Paul then returns to a subject that he addressed in his first letter to the Corinthian Church. Previously Paul had directed the Church to remove immorality from their midst by removing the man whom had taken his father’s wife in an...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, Paul goes on to further add that the only source of hope within this present world is the Gospel. The Apostle takes time to point out that the message that he has placed his trust in is not a new message; as though the Gospel was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, In the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Corinthian Church, he echoes some of the teachings that he delivered to the Church is his first letter but this time with a more universal call for the Church to join him in the expanding of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, As is the case with his letter to the Church in Rome, Paul concludes his first letter to the Corinthian believers on a note of service. The ancient world was no different than modern times in that though the Church is by its very...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
