The Importance of Forgiving Others
“Blessed are the merciful, For they shall be shown mercy.” Mt 5:7 To show mercy is to not punish or harm someone who has earned vengeance or wrath. God shows his mercy and defines it with forgiven...
Be Silent
Should women be allowed to preach, teach, lead worship or even talk at church? There are two passages in the new testament that some find difficult to understand and often I believe are misapplied. Le...
Husband of One Wife
What about female deacons… that’s a no no right? Sorry. The qualification given for deaconship listed as ‘husband of one wife’ cannot mean what many denominations have tried to...
How to be offended in three easy steps
If everything in your life is good and everyone is being nice then do you feel like there must be something wrong that you don’t know about? When it is quiet do you start suspecting that people...
To Halloween or Not to Halloween
Don’t The following is a false analogy to make a point: Capitalism is a false god, right? All of the meat we eat purchased from the store is sacrificed to that false god, right? To eat the meat ...
Against the Doctrines of Grace
This is what gotquestions.org says to the question what are the Doctrines of Grace: “The phrase “doctrines of grace” is used as a replacement for the term “Calvinism,” in order to remove...
Insecurity and Positive Thinking
There is no power in positive thinking to correct or help with insecurities. I just want to get that out of the way, right off the bat. The answer to insecurities is much simpler than that. We all i...
Life Friends
I asked the kids at school this morning what are some traits of good friends and this is what they said: trustworthy, uplifting, encouraging, humorous, reliable, kind. Then I asked if anyone has ever ...
How to Break Generational Curses
Generational “Curses” We tend to want to blame every sin and problem on some sort of generational curse. This, however, is not biblical. God’s warning to “visit iniquity on future...
The Friendly Lie
Love Your Enemy We are to love and pray for our enemies. But just as all the good principles of the bible, the post modern culture has twisted this simple idea into impossible and impractical forms. ...