TOPICS: autism, healing, hope, medicine, testimony
In Christ, FELLOWSHIP and “FOLLOWSHIP” are two sides of the same coin. If you would have fellowship with Christ, follow His teaching and commands. Once you have been in fellowship with Him, following Him will be the “new natural” desire of your heart. In Christ, we must always “follow our …
TOPICS: discipleship, fellowship, followship, heart
Do we only thank God for what He does or for who He is? “I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His righteousness.” -Psalm 7:17 It is natural and right to thank God for the good He has done for us. His actions on behalf of His …
TOPICS: character, Psalm 7, righteousness, thankfulness, thanks
Principles do no good if there’s no practical way to apply them. Have you discovered this? High-minded ideals may be nice to think about, but to really make a difference in our lives, they need to have some skin on and work in the real world. The last two posts …
TOPICS: glory, good deeds, good works, Matthew, salt of the earth, the surface and the substance
Should I do good deeds in public or in private? In response to a question about my message last week, called “The Surface and the Substance” (), I shared some thoughts yesterday about the importance of following Jesus’ command in Matthew 5:16, “let your light shine before others, so that …
TOPICS: glory, good deeds, good works, Matthew, salt of the earth, the surface and the substance
Don’t you just love it when the Bible contradicts itself? Now before you get upset (if you believe the Bible) or cheer (if you don’t), hear me out. A friend called me the other day with a question: “In your message yesterday you said we are supposed to do our …
TOPICS: glory, good deeds, good works, Matthew, salt of the earth, the surface and the substance
I am a child of God. I preach, but I am not first a preacher. I play and sing, but am not first a musician. Born in the U.S.A., but not first an American. Love, and am loved by a father, mother, two brothers and more, but am not first …
TOPICS: heirs, hope, identity, promises of God, sonship
“What does he know that I don’t?” David, the writer of Psalm 119, says, “How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.” (Psalm 119:103) Granted, there are some nice things in the Bible, but really, “sweeter than honey?” Here’s what David understands that we often miss …
TOPICS: bible, Good News, honey, Psalm 119, Psalms, scripture
Which is better, old or new? “Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” -Matthew 9:17 How easy it is in …
TOPICS: history, Matthew, newness, scripture notes, tradition, wine, wineskins
TOPICS: blessing, grace, hypocrisy, Matthew, poverty, sin
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