Both in tangible and intangible matters, one is bound to find differences amongst Christians. Now let’s consider the matters of health and wealth. Well, all Christians may not be healthy or wealthy. There may be differences’ in their IQ level too. Now these are some...
"Jesus declared, 'I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again'”(John 3:3). God looks not for religious people but renewed men. When Jesus was on earth the Jewish religion was in great power. They had their own judiciary with the...
Jeremiah 2:13 (NKJV) "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water." [1] God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of...
When you read through the Bible, you find that you can divide the kings of Judah into two classes: those who “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord”, and those who “did NOT do what was right in the eyes of the Lord”. I find it interesting that though...
Over Father's Day last year, we went camping along the shores of Lake Erie. While enjoying some of the first real "beach days" of the season, we were introduced to a new kind of surfing: Kite Surfing. The sport appeared to be akin to windsurfing, for the purpose of...
I received a dummy credit card in the mail recently by a company wanting to sell credit to me. It shows my importance. It signifies purchasing power and my value to the firm who issued it. I am measured by the dollars provided through the sophisticated design of the...
Long dry spells and droughts are often broken by savage storms. The soil is fragile because the grass covering has died, leaving the soil naked and exposed to the elements. Topsoil is washed away leaving only hard sub-soil for the next crop and the loose soil around...
Two boys stood neck to neck in the school yard, screaming at the top of their lungs. Their faces were red, their fists were raised, and the entire neighborhood could hear their argument: "This school is the best because we have the best band!" "No! It's the best in...
It is nearing Pentecost. Wouldn't it be nice this year to experience the type of Pentecost that was experienced by the early church just after Jesus' Resurrection? Last week, In TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 1, we saw that it was the unity in the church, the same unity that...
Last week, in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 2, we saw that doctrine is indeed very important to God, so important that it is mentioned 37 times in the Bible. Yet despite this, it is doctrinal beliefs that drive Christians apart, that disrupt the unity that Jesus wants us to...