Eph 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.Col 3:12-14 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, (13) bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each…
Read More1Co 1:18-21 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (19) For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”…
Read More2Co 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. People - wicked people…
Read More1Ti 5:24 The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. Some people's sins are obvious - fornication, thievery, murder, disobedience to parents - these kind are not difficult to see. But, as Paul says, there is another brand of…
Read MoreI am conservative in my theology. I believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God. And I believe that God has instructed us to appoint qualified (godly) men to the offices of pastor and elder in the local church. (Even though I have known a lot of…
Read MoreThis post is taken from an excellent comment by one of our readers (Dawn). I am posting it here as a stand-alone post so that more of you will see it. I am very grateful to her for sharing her story, particularly because she really nails the evil and sin…
Read MoreAfterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I…
Read MoreEvil invariably manifests itself in the guise of the good. I was reading a chapter entitled "The Antichrist" in a theology book by G.C. Berkouwer [The Return of Christ, Eerdman's Publishing], and came across that quote above. It struck me as true truth. Evil invariably manifests itself in the guise…
Read MoreRom 13:12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.2Co 1:16-18 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have…
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