This week we looked at the means by which God communicates with us today. Wanting to be loving Christians, how do we biblically respond to people when they tell us that God has spoken to them? That's the topic of this week's Q&A with Pastor...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It's probably safe to say that you've been in a situation where you've hurt someone and have desired to apologize and seek their forgiveness. The steps involved in this process are sometimes as painful as slowly pulling off a band-aid from an open...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever been given a gift by someone and didn't know if it was ok to open it right away or not. Maybe your birthday wasn't for another two days or you didn't want to seem greedy by opening it so soon or maybe you were scared that the gift...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Today's charismatic movement stems from the incessant desire to try and have God speak to us in audible form, in visions, in dreams, in new revelation. This need overshadows and subverts all other needs or desires. Is this a bad thing, if true?...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It seems like every month brings a whole new wave of books concerning visits to Heaven, messages from angels, and special revelation from Jesus who walks into the author's bathroom while he's shaving. It's not hard to see why these types of books...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For the past couple of days we looked at the Christian's desire to be used by God and have a correct understanding of both God and man. The biblical Christian understands the need to confess their sins to God for the purpose of asking forgiveness....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Your words were found and I ate them,And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;For I have been called by Your name,O Lord God of hosts." (Jeremiah 15:16) Reading the book of Jeremiah you can appreciate that he writes with his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His." (2 Chronicles 16:9a). One of the consistent lessons we continue to learn from the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen...[ abbreviated | read entire ]