Untying the Knots in Your Family's Air Hose
One reason God placed us within families is to prepare us for the world, even if takes hearing the truth “a thousand times.”
One reason God placed us within families is to prepare us for the world, even if takes hearing the truth “a thousand times.”
Knowing God is foundational to our existence. Apart from that knowledge, we are doomed to grope our way through a maze of meaningless earthly pursuits. Only those who know God will find their way to true purpose and meaning.
Legacies don’t just happen. They don’t fall out of heaven, materialize in the middle of our living rooms, or appear on our doorsteps accompanied by a knock and a note. Legacies are created.
In this sermon on Deuteronomy 8:1–5, Pastor Chuck Swindoll looks closely at the words of the aged prophet Moses when he charged the wandering Israelites to remember what God had taught them in the wilderness.
Momentous transitions do not come often in life. When one occurs, it’s like standing on a mountain bluff overlooking a sprawling valley below.
One of Satan's greatest lies is that there is no urgency in life. He fools us into thinking there will always be plenty of time in the future to explain to our little ones about God, salvation, and the Bible.
While intercessory prayer is certainly biblical, I wonder whether some of our assumptions and motivations behind this kind of prayer are unbiblical.
Both Judaism and Christianity have the same Old Testament. The essential difference is that Christians accept Jesus as the Messiah and their personal Saviour while Jews do not.
Prophets like Isaiah were not rookies who carried out hit-or-miss pre-game chapel programs for a few teams in Judah. No, they were the real deal, sent and anointed by God to be trusted and revered.
When we consult the Scriptures further we see that God does not explicitly command against war or against the taking of another’s life. Murder, which is different than killing, is explicitly condemned.