A Guide of the Worst Sort: How to Get Into Trouble

A Guide of the Worst Sort: How to Get Into Trouble

Looking for trouble? Think wrong things. As one thinks in his/her heart so are they (Prov. 23:7). Jesus said evil and good come from within (Mark 7:18-23). That’s where it all starts—in the heart. Go to wrong places. If you’re looking for trouble, then that’s where...
What’s Love Got to Do With It?

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

It would seem reasonable that the term love is one most used in the language. Listen to young and old alike and you’ll hear their love professed from potato chips, cats, dogs, to of course, family. Many profess love for one another and say they love God. Expressions...
Cleansing

Cleansing

In the sixth chapter of Isaiah, the record gives revelation of changing times in Jerusalem.  In the year Uzziah the king died, Isaiah envisioned the Lord sitting on a throne with seraphim giving highest praise to Him.  Praise with the cry “holy, holy, holy is the Lord...
The Pure in Heart

The Pure in Heart

In Matthew 5:8, Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” In these eleven words, we learn much about those who will go to Heaven and thereby see God. The verse begins with “Blessed.” This word, means “Happy.” This is sometimes referred to as...
Politics of Christ

Politics of Christ

Jesus said: “I am come to send fire on the earth” (Luke 12:49). He was not planning to set a literal fire, but was referencing the effect of His teaching. Specifically, He referenced the doctrine of baptism, and the effect the new covenant would have, ultimately...