It has been said, "Touch their gods and they will kill you". That is the way it is with all of us. If people touch the things we love, the ugly comes out. The word of God will mess with your idols because idols are an insult to God and damaging to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Humility needs to be your best friend if you want to do religion right. If you think the things you do should be seen by other people, your religion is for show. It is this that kept the pharisees from receiving Jesus. The stakes are high. We are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Even people who don't know much about the Bible, have a problem with the idea that God has the right to judge them. Moreover, they are astounded when confronted with the possibility that God will actually judge and destroy them personally for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In spite of the glaring authentication of His identity and mission, those who absolutely should have believed, didn't. Today, the same evidence exists, and the same unbelief persists. If the Jews truly believed who Jesus was, would they have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If this world is all there is, there is no reason to preach. We preach not about what we can do for God, but what God is doing for us. There is a vast banquet coming, and many are invited. The entrance to the kingdom is repentance. it is a very...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Imagine a nuclear explosions. All of the destruction. Then imagine what it would look like if you could watch that whole explosion in reverse order. Imagine seeing all of those splinters flying back into living trees and clouds of concrete...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Habakkuk was so deeply affected by his time in prayer that his heart was pounding, his lips quivering, his body feeling weak, and his legs wobbling. What was it that had impacted him? Have you ever been impacted like this in prayer? Habakkuk was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There are people who would not surprise you if they didn't understand basic Christian teaching. But sadly, the people we last expect to surprise us with their confusion, are those that do; people who have been in church for so many years simply...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If one person in your church was chosen to judge everything about your life on the coming Sunday, and that judgment would be final, surely there would be no one at the service the next Sunday. This world is so performance fixated that it is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The first step in understanding justification is seeing your need for it. So many people are not concerned about being justified because they misunderstand God, their sin, and the value of their religious efforts. The person who has been abandoned...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
