Continuing with a series on God in His role as a Paradisiacal Pilot who loves us enough to correct us, albeit painfully, today we come to the concluding part of the series... Purity... He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. (See Malachi 3:3). He...
"So he answered and said, 'You shall love ... your neighbor as yourself.' But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'" (Luke 10:27-29, NKJV) Have you made your New Years' resolution for 2013 yet? I have, and I would like to invite...
"He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God." (Mic 6:8, NET) My first born son is mentally handicapped, yet in so many...
Sitting by the fire one night, he quietly looked down at his hands, relaxed in his lap. His new boss had called him into the company office. The new boss had changed his job description, it was still the same job, but called by a different name. In order to keep his...
"'Should we pull out the weeds?' they asked. 'No,' he replied, 'you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the...
Scripture "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thes 1-3) Observation Paul was thankful for the these people because of their...
I woke up with a stiff and sore back this morning. This was not unusual since my back has given me problems for years now, but today no amount of stretching or moving would loosen it up. Still, I had 5 dogs waiting patiently by the door to go out for their morning...
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16) I woke up with a wet face again this morning. Five minutes before my alarm clock was set to go off my little dog,...
"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7) It couldn't be this season again. "Already?", I questioned. "Seems like just a month ago we celebrated this holiday. Can't be a year has passed!" There would be some extra planning...
Last week in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 3, we took a look at the kinds of things that do not support sound doctrine. Things like sins of sexual immorality, murder, dishonesty, etc. We also saw that anything that causes dispute rather than Godly edification is considered to...