Changing the definition does not change the truth

The most powerful weapon of the enemy is his ability to change the definition or meaning of things.  However, no matter how successful he seems in the short run, he can never succeed in changing the truth. God says “You may eat from any tree in the garden.  But you must not eat from the

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The origins of this saying are quite strange.  During the depression when everything was scarce, people will fill up a fresh tub of water to bathe in and then each family member would wash.  As each person used the bath, the water became more and more murky.  By the time it came to wash the

From tragedy to His glory!

God has an amazing ability to take a horrible tragedy and turn it into something beautiful. I remember what this country looked like on the morning of September 12, 2001.  We were united.  There were no political parties, no races, no divisions at all.  We were all Americans.  I heard older generations compare that terrorist

Standing up in trials

Have you ever been in a place where you just feel you’re all alone?  Perhaps in work or family or even church relationships, people just seem to let you down.  You’re looking around just feeling all alone.  At that moment, it can become easy to question God’s plan.  It can become tempting to wonder perhaps

Witness to Christ

A witness is a valuable thing.  Whether or not that witness is a person’s testimony, a written document that confirms what has been said, a photograph or some other sort of evidence… in either case… this witness is to confirm the statements of another. When we serve as a “witness” to Christ, we are somehow

A cultural cancer

A recent Facebook debate between me and a few other friends opened up a line of thinking in the current cultural debate on homosexual marriage.  As the debate raged on, arguments were either solidified or went down bizarre rabbit trails.  I did however take one person’s analogy of a cancer and work it to fit

Heaven – Would God let you in?

A couple of basic evangelical questions are… If you died today, where would you go?  If they say any sort of Heaven like response, the follow up question is… “Why would God let you in?” This sounds negative and usually gets a bit of a chuckle.  But the number of people who get this answer

What is Transubstantiation?

No, it’s not the ultimate hangman word (that would be rhythm).  It is a word that was created during the Dark Ages and then solidified into the Catholic church over 1,000 years after Christ had died.  It’s also one of the most misguided practices in the Catholic church today.  It was also one of the

It IS a free gift… but don’t abuse it

We’ve all heard the arguments from the doubters of free grace.  If it’s just as easy as accepting Him and all is forgiven, what’s to prevent people from just committing murder and then confessing to God and asking forgiveness. The hypocrisy of over simplifying the free gift of grace comes from both sides of the Christian