Who do you serve?

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul addresses several ‘life rules’ about how to behave, how we are to treat and respect each other.  He speaks of the relationships between husband and wives, children and their parents, and employee to employer (bondservant and master in those days). Right in the middle of that, he uses

What is an Idol?

Regardless of their religious faith or practice, it seems that most people can quote at least a few of the 10 commandments.  The first one, “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exod 20:3) seems pretty universally known, but not necessarily practiced.  But God knew that this would need some clarification so the very

Tithes and Offerings

Whenever a preacher begins to speak about tithes and offerings, many people in that congregation roll their eyes thinking… oh the church needs money again.  This is a very non-Christian but very human emotion to the topic.  It’s true that for some there is just such a love of money that they struggle to part

Forgiveness: The Cornerstone of Christianity

Since forgiveness is the cornerstone of Christianity, it’s important to understand both the meaning of a cornerstone AND what forgiveness truly is. A cornerstone is the primary stone that sets all angles and levels for the rest of the structure.  If that cornerstone is off at all, that will show itself in the rest of

Ever wonder why God hasn’t healed you?

This is a common question.  It’s also a common argument for why someone chose not to believe in Jesus.  They are most impacted or even bothered after reading this. “And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.”  Moved with pity, he stretched

Don’t Hide the Light

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard over my lifetime, that faith and religion is a private thing.  Even the old saying that the two things you don’t talk about are religion and politics.  This way of thinking is a direct lie from Satan.  Jesus even warned us of this thinking.  “No one

A response about Locks of Love

As I sit to compile my thoughts into words on how to properly respond to this article for the hundredth time… I take the time to find the right words and gather my data.  I invite my daughter, who is a recipient of Locks of Love wigs and together, we respond to this article about

Forgiveness of Sins

Forgiveness is a big word, critical to the distinction of Christianity from every other religion (but we’ll get to that point in the end). There are several analogies to explain what Christ does to our sins but three great descriptor words would be to cover, heal and conceal.  But none of that even matters if

Can we fully accept our freedom?

We hear stories all the time where a long term prisoner is released, only to commit another crime and return to prison. Or worse, they self destruct or even take their own life. They have been in prison for so long, they simply have no concept how to function in a free world anymore. We

Biblical Poetry

When we read the Psalms, because we don’t read it in the original language, sometimes we forget how poetic these verses really are.  Psalm 119 is unique in several ways. First, it is the longest chapter in the Bible at 176 verses.  There are 22 sections of verses and each section contains 8 lines.  The