We are often told that, if we truly love someone the way Jesus loves, we will accept them as they are and not expect them to change. Jesus, we are told, preached a message of tolerance and embraced people in all kinds of lifestyles that religious leaders denounced as...
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To the Christian Church
Comfortable Christianity is a problem
There is a problem in the Christian church. We are too comfortable. Comfort can make us weak. We get up in the morning to our alarm clock in our air-conditioned homes. We hop in the shower, adjust the temperature to suit our desire, and then go into our closets and...
Religious Survey, unbelievers do best
Recently the results of a religious survey were released and they are causing a bit of a ruckus. The "U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey"[fn]http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1745/religious-knowledge-in-america-survey-atheists-agnostics-score-highest[/fn] polled 3,412 people...
Church Cliques
Church cliques are a sad reality for many congregations. Cliques, for the most part, appear to validate the reasoning of some who say they are not Christian because of so many hypocrites in the Church. Having personally experienced the effects of church cliques, I...
Warning Signs in Dating Relationships
It can be difficult to be clear-headed in a dating relationship. It is easy to see only the positive in the other person and completely ignore any warning signs. Optimism for a relationship can cloud judgment. It would be foolish to date someone and not even...
Are you comfortable?
Are you comfortable? Do you feel safe in the Lord? I hope so. You should. Comfort and peace are great blessings from the Lord. He loves us so much that He gave His Son and sent the Holy Spirit who is called The Comforter in John 14:26, KJV, and The Helper in the...
Answers to “Do you know the basics of the Christian faith?”
You don't need to have the scripture verses memorized, and this list isn't authoritative. So, if you don't know everything, that's alright. But, these are the basics in Christianity and Christians should, at the very least, be familiar with them. Can you tell...
Do you know the basics of the Christian faith?
"Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2of instruction about washings, and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and...
What kind of a Christian are you?
What kind of a Christian are you? Have you ever sat down and asked yourself that? Are you a Christian with your heart and mind in the world and your feet in the church? Or, are you the kind that seeks to do God's will as revealed in Scripture? Whichever one you...
What are signs that a church is becoming secular?
What does a secular church look like? Would it be easy to find one? Would we know one if we saw one? Then again, maybe you attend a secular church and don't know it. It is certainly possible, but how would you know? How would you recognize a church that is more...