Posts Tagged ‘sin’
What’s Your Secret?
What’s your secret? What has “stronghold” written all over it in your private thought life, relationships, marriage, or ministry? When is the last time you gave the Holy Spirit permission to do a detailed inventory of your motives?
→ Read MoreBe our guest! But wait…
Are we, as the Church, guilty of doing the same thing with our “guests”? We polish the church facilities, groom the grounds, make all the grand preparations, and hang out the banner, “Guests Welcomed Here”! But as soon as the guests show up and the unchurched crowd behaves “inappropriately”, we are quick to start in with the complaints.
→ Read MoreThe Wondrous Cross
The Cross of Christ carries such a powerful force as it is genuinely both gruesome and beautiful.
→ Read MoreA Call to the ‘Found’
When the Truth of God’s Word is preached or taught to bring light to the darkness of people’s lives, it’s labeled ‘judgmental’. Phrases like “don’t judge me” and Scriptures taken out of context begin flying around. But it is unrighteous living done under the auspices of church-attending, God-worshiping, Bible-believing people that detours the lost trying to find their way.
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