Have you made mistakes that cause you to think God may be disappointed with you? How great to know that God’s love has taken care of both sins and foolishness. Legalism is a cruel tyrant. It incites sin and then condemns us once we’ve given in and done it. It causes us to believe that, […]
Does the Bible really require us to forget the wrong things others have done to us? Let’s take a closer look at the difference between to forget and to remember no more. What about this matter of forgiving and forgetting? Are we really required to forget the wrong things others have done to us? That’s […]
When we do things that are not perfect, we easily condemn ourselves. But does God expect to find perfection in everything we do? We all have an ideal in mind concerning the things we do in life. We have been taught to be conscientious about what we do and to strive for excellence. There is […]
Have you ever been told to “stand on the promises of God?” Maybe you have also thought that you should do your part and make your own promises to Him. For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore, also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through […]
On the surface it would seem that defending Christian values is a noble cause. But let’s take a closer look at what the Bible teaches. There is a great deal of discussion and debate today about “Christian values.” The term is used to describe the spiritual/moral principles around which believers build their lives. On the […]
Jesus Christ IS the Life of the believer. This is a glorious reality and is what I call the Grace Walk. Here is an attempt to briefly summarize what that means. Of course, all Christians know the gospel to be the forgiveness of our sins and the saving of our souls by grace through faith […]
Most people think about how happy we will be to see Jesus Christ face to face, but have you considered how anxious He is to see you? It was in the month of December and I was in the countryside, three hours outside Beijing, China. Temperatures were hovering around ten below zero degrees Fahrenheit. I […]
How it is that we are to “abide in Christ” When I wrote my first book, Grace Walk, in 1995 there were things I said then that I’d say differently today. Things I think I could have made clearer. The topic of abiding in Christ is one of those subjects. I wrote a lot in the book […]
Let’s get these covenants separated. That simple step will make a world of difference in understanding our Bible. Over three weeks, I’ve been sharing a three-part series of teachings on the “Sunday Preaching” broadcast called, “Two Covenants, Not One.” For many years, I stayed confused when I read the Bible because I didn’t understand this […]
A new and important look at Jesus’ story about the persistent woman and the judge. I used to believe that it increased the likelihood of having my prayers answered if I prayed constantly about the thing that concerned me. I thought the longer I stayed on my knees about it the better off the outcome […]