...and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation under God...

Something everyone has the eternal need of knowing.

He knew that He would indeed pay that cost on our behalf, even before time began. He created us anyway.

It is such a comfort to know that I never have to stop praying.

...and context of Scripture needs to be the Christian’s standard for determining if what may be said or written by other people is correct..

“Faith without works is dead.” This may be one of the most, if not the most, perplexing phrases in the 66 books of the Bible to many folks.

He [the Holy Spirit] most certainly does not need any “help” from men on making “improvements” on His Gospel

It is said that in order for a person to be saved that they must believe, trust, and love Jesus. I would agree. However, not in the sense th

Nobody's Old Is Gold. A couple of years or so ago, someone from the organization in which I serve in my local jail through, formerly...

I thought that he understood the Gospel. He had indeed heard it presented many times and alluded that he understood it; I was dead wrong.

Recently I overhead someone saying something to the effect of “this is a church, not a courtroom.” I don’t remember exactly what the context of the statement was, but it got me thinking a bit about the comparison and contrast of the 2 of them. For myriad reasons, courtrooms can be very intimidating, uninviting, unnerving, and flat out frightening. This is of course not how the local church should be. There are similarities between the 2, both in how each operates correctly, a

Are We Losing Our Youth? Did We Ever Have Them? In recent years I have often heard it said in churches and from other organizations that would be considered to be Christian based, that “we are losing our kids” to the world, or to the liberal left, when they go off to college and other such endeavors. What they are usually inferring is that young adults are somehow losing their Christianity, or are “leaving the faith.” I do agree that many of the ideals, world view concepts, a

...we are not saved by any promises that we make to God; we are saved ONLY by the promises that He made to us

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the heinous attack on the USA by the Taliban.

Missing the Mark is Missing the Mark A week or so ago, I was at a Bible study with some brothers and sisters in the Lord. To make a long story short, a brief sidebar debate arose when a brother commented that by forgetting to do something that he had told someone else that he would do for them that he had lied; sinned. A sister disagreed and asserted that such thinking was legalistic. This sidebar debate didn’t last long and we got back to the main topic of the study. Nonethe

Today, July 24, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of Dr. C.I. Scofield; the editor of the Scofield Reference Bible (the name

As of late, I must say that I find myself getting very angry at the all too frequent abuses of power that result in harm, either directly or

There is a lot of “spiritual Ativan,” which temporarily masks people’s need for the Holy Spirit whom we receive and are sealed with when we

Most people think of this verse as meaning that we are commanded to refrain from using [speaking] God's name cheaply, or "commonly," or some

I think it is good for us, especially fellow believers, to support one another, share and even debate ideas (in a civil and Christ-like mann