Prayer is one of the greatest blessings we have as Christians, but it should not be used selfishly. Praying for ourselves is good and needed. When teaching on the subject of prayer, Jesus encouraged His disciples to pray for their daily bread (Matthew 6:11). Let us make certain, though, that our prayers are not only […]
Philippians 2:5 (NKJV) 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. To a large degree, how we think defines who we are. Our attitudes about people and things greatly influence how we behave. To live our best lives possible, we must possess the mind of Christ. This means we need […]
In our last article, we demonstrated that denominationalism is unscriptural. While denominations are made up of churches (a denomination is a church of churches), the universal church of Christ is made up of people. While denominational churches are a part of a man-made organizational structure, the universal church in the Bible has no organizational structure. […]
2 John 1:8 (ESV) 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. Most people who worship God do not realize that they must be careful about how they do it. They do not seem to understand that there is a wrong way to […]
2 John 1:8 (ESV) 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. Are you working for the Lord? We should pay attention to, not only the kind of work we are doing, but the amount of work we are doing as well. I […]
2 John 1:8 (ESV) 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. Watching our words might be the most difficult part of our lives to contemplate. James said, “For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what […]
2 John 1:8 (ESV) 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. In our last blog, we focused on watching our wills, emphasizing that we must put God’s will before our own. The next step is making sure that we apply our wills […]
2 John 1:8 (ESV) 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. Keeping watch of ourselves is a very common exhortation in scripture. This week I want to examine some fundamental areas where we should apply this prudent petition from the Word of […]
The New Testament church can be identified in the scriptures. One should be able to open up the New Testament and find the church which Christ built. Furthermore, all who claim allegiance to Christ should be able to compare the church to which they belong with the one in the bible and see that they […]
Proverbs 5:21 (ESV) 21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. How often do you do things in secret? If your answer is never, you would be right about that. While we sometimes try to hide things from man, we can never hide anything from […]