"If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers." James 2:8-9 Don’t just love those in your neighborhood, but your neighbors in every neighborhood, because your neighbors are scattered all …
City on a Hill
Americans are not God’s chosen people, and America is not the New Israel, or the “city on a hill.” That distinction belongs exclusively to the Body of Christ in every nation. Neither the task nor the label fits any certain national entity. We have a great country and our system of governance is as good …
A Prayer for Endurance
Churchill said, “This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” Endurance is something that more Christians need more of today. I've been praying Paul's prayer in Colossians 1:9-12 to increase my own endurance. I hope this short video will help you to dare and endure in Christ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyWOS-RvSfo
Ravenous for Righteousness
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) Jesus didn’t come here with a fistful of Religion Redux; instead he exhibited and explained a whole new way of behaving that starts on the inside and shows on the outside. Any sort of “tacked on” righteousness simply will …
Smart Muggers Don’t Pick On Navy Seals
5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they …
