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Whether they realize it or not most people feel that freedom is too demanding and too unpredictable. When God's people were led out of slavery into the wilderness, this was their mindset. They complained continually because they feared uncertainty. It is easier for a person to stay mired in...

Now, this will be another passage of Scripture which I am going to look at the broader message rather than the specific subject at hand, because the broader scope of this situation is what is most concerning today. Yes, in context, this is dealing with the subject of the Judaizers trying to...

I hear people much of the time using this phrase, “My identity in Christ,” but is that even biblical, and if so, what does it mean? What does it mean to be “in Christ”? And how do they mean it when they use that phrase? Identity in Christ Generally speaking, when people talk of their “identity...

The world's longest-living people share this hobby—why studies say it can help add years to your life July 29,2020 The world’s longest-living people share this hobby—why studies say it can help add years to your life The article begins this way "Twelve years ago, Dan Buettner visited...

Hi there! I've been hanging around for just the past few weeks. As I was making some fresh-ground buckwheat pancakes this morning, it occurred to me that I haven't yet discovered a forum for just normal living stuff, like what we've found that helps us be healthier. Would there be any...

Ephesians 4:17-19 ESV Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They...

In this post I talk about making life changes, and how we often look at the wrong thing when we try to make changes. Change certainly isn't easy, but when done the right way with the power of the Holy Spirit backing us; there's not much we can't accomplish in our lives! Make The Right Change...

Do you have people in your life who claim to be Christians and yet their lifestyles speak the opposite of what they profess? Does this burden your heart? It should, for it is much harder to get the truth of the gospel through to someone who believes he or she has their salvation secured, based...

1 John 2:1-2 NASB My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world...

Don’t Be Deceived 1 John 3:4-10, 18 ESV Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either...

The background to this question is that I am currently reading Jacques Ellul "The Presence of the Kingdom." This builds on the unavoidable tensions caused by Christians being "in the world but not of it." It is a thought provoking book even if it was originally written (in French) in 1948. The...

Sunday, September 24, 2017, 6:39 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Oh, To Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Hebrews 10 (Select vv. ESV). Draw Near (vv. 19-22) Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the...

Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Zeal for Your House.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (ESV) on the subject of our spiritual walk with Christ. Walk in Daylight (Ro. 13:11-14) Besides this you know the time, that the hour...

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, 10:41 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Near the Cross.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Jn. 1:1-2:17 (Quoting select vv. ESV). The Gospel Message (1:5-10) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and...