Those with Records
Not that long ago I wrote a blog about what I called “Jonah Christians,” believers who feel that certain types of people should not be given a second chance even by God Himself, much the way that Jonah felt about…
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We Are Indeed in the Last Days
2 Timothy 3:1-5: But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers…
The Good, the Bad, and the Common
A lot of times, life does not make sense. When a seemingly pointless tragedy happens it can be hard if not impossible to understand. Case in point: In July 2021 I lost an 18-year-old relative to gunfire. Taylor was a…
Back to the Law
Not long ago I wrote a blog on whether or not salvation was by works. Of course, it is by faith. Our works give evidence of our salvation. They are incapable of producing or maintaining it. However, in addition to…
Is It Over?
When people argue or otherwise have issues with each other and then resolve the problem, things often go back to normal. In the future, however, when there is another dispute, sometimes one party will bring up what the other did…
Jonah Christians
Many people, at least among the older and middle-aged, know about the account of Jonah being swallowed by a big fish or whale and spending three days in its belly. Fewer know how he came to be there in the…
Not By Force
Throughout much of Church history, believers have had the mistaken idea that they have to force the lost to convert to Christianity. The emperor Charlemagne, for example, who lived from the 740’s to 814 AD, would have pagans executed if…
This is Church?
We have this misguided idea of what “church” is supposed to be like, especially those comprising the youngest generations, those who were not around when institutional Christianity at least tried to be more Biblical—tried, not was. But it was still…
Salvation: By Faith or By Works?
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. James 2:14-18: What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says…