The only belief system that must be right is that held by atheists. It’s the only logical conclusion to draw from the available evidence: they are among the most vocal, most argumentative, most defensive, most worried group of people on the planet. If I, a Christian, am wrong about the existence God, what have I […]
We’re worried about peoples’ feelings – and not about being honest and faithful to their souls. We all act like we’re following Paul’s directive: “in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” And we all forget the first half of that verse: “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit”. We live in a false humility when […]
What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. What is God? God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth. If you have ever read the Westminster Shorter Catechism, you, no doubt, are familiar with […]
…it’s what I’m for. I’ve decided that denominations are a good thing – mostly. When they directly describe a confessional or creedal standpoint, they’re great. However, when they become a point to divide Christians over, they’re bad. Very bad. I’m a baptist because I believe that only true believers in Christ should be baptised. I’m […]
It seems that everything I decide to write about here involves prayer. That’s a good thing, though. Since prayer is the means God has given us to communicate with Him, it’s profitable to consider it frequently. My consideration today is on what God will do in extreme situations by dispatching His angels to our aid. […]
I wrote a short series a few months ago about the importance of prayer (1 2 3). Today I am building on that. Just this weekend my church in Mebane hosted Pr Brian Borgman from Minden Nevada who spoke in all three of our services on “The Church Getting Her Hands Dirty”. Something that jumped […]
Charles Haddon Spurgeon is famous for being a Baptist preacher in the 19th century (1834-92). But more interesting than his career of regularly preaching to 10,000+ congregants is how he lived his life outside of ‘merely’ preaching the Bible. Charles was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on 19 June 1834 as both the son and […]
Prayer is lots of things to the Christian. It’s our communication line to God. It’s our way of providing support to other Christians. It’s also what some have called the ‘weapon of last resort’. Christ has called us to pray for our enemies. He rebuked His disciples for wanting to call down fire on folks […]
To quote Paul, we are to be “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints” [Eph 6:18]. As Christians in the world, we are engaged in a constant battle against evil. We are fighting daily to hold […]
I know what many who read this will think: duh! We’re told repeatedly in the Bible to pray to God. The model prayer given to us by Jesus begins with “Our Father Who art in heaven”. Jesus prayed to His Father a lot, and as “little christs”, we should be mimicking that example. The real […]