I'll Be Honest

There are great responsibilities in the Christian life, but there are also great and unspeakable privileges. The Christian has a precious Savior to trust in and to love.

What should we think about well-known preachers, with sound doctrine, who begin to associate or partner with others who have bad theology? Of course we shouldn't listen to those with bad doctrine, but should we even separate ourselves from the well-known preacher with good doctrine who is associating with them?

Does a person need to by convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit before they can be saved? Do any of the men in the New Testament tell people that they have to wait for God to do something to them before they can be saved?

How should Christians view and treat financial debt? Should Christians ever get into debt? Are different kinds of debt more significant or urgent than others? Should Christians ignore paying off debt for the sake of using their money to help others? Psalm 37:21 - The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives...

Believer, in this upcoming year live a life with the threefold cord of secret prayer, doing good, and self-denial. As you secretly commune with Christ you will, out of love for Him, be zealous for good works and die to yourself daily.

Wenn wir nur eine kleine Kraft haben, soll dies uns nicht entmutigen. Der Herr hat es uns so zugeteilt und will, dass wir treu sind und im Glauben auf Ihn vertrauen. Wenn Er Türen aufmacht, können wir auch mit kleiner Kraft hindurchgehen.

Are you at peace? You don't want to get to your death bed, and find there is no rest, no peace. Is there rest, is there peace between you and God? Or is your life not at rest? Jesus says, "Come!" and there is no one more qualified to come and preach peace. He's the very one that made peace between God and man. He took all that hostility, He took all the severe punishment for all those sins; so tha...

Jesus smashed down the separations between the Jews and Gentiles. He did this that "He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace." (Eph 2:15) We are now members of the same family and "members of the household of God." (Eph 2:19)  This same thing that unites the Jew and Gentile is what unites believers, no matter their skin color. Those old designations don't matter...

When we gather together in our prayer meetings there should be a militancy about those prayers. Is there the smell of war on those prayers? Because we are at war. We must not lose our alertness to the reality of the Devil of whom we wrestle against. Our enemy does not want us desperate in prayer, but he wants us falling asleep.

Spiritual instability will hold the believer back in the Christian life. Is your walk with Christ stable, consistent, and solid; like a fruitful tree planted by a stream of water? Nathan speaks on the under-appreciated value of spiritual stability.

So, how much of your life are you to be acknowledging the Lord in? The verse says, "In all your ways acknowledge Him." That covers quite a bit of territory doesn't it? All your ways. It is anything you are doing, anything you are involved in; really any detail that you care about in your life. God says, "I want to be Lord of that. I want to be brought into the scheme there. I care about that thing...

In this Ask Pastor Tim, two questions are dealt with that involve children and whether or not to submit to their parents. Question 1: I want to give up high school but at the same time I want to obey my parents who want me to do well. What do I do? Question 2: Hello, I am 17, I want to get my license but my parents don’t care (they are unbelievers) they allowed me/told me to drive and I realized l...

As the believer daily renews their mind in the Scriptures, and in prayer they cast themselves upon the Lord - they will walk in purity. When you find a struggling believer and ask them about their prayer life and time in the Word, they will tend to respond by acknowledging it is lacking. When we read and believe the Gospel truths in the Bible, it will affect how we live.

Marriage is indeed important and defining in the believer’s life, but it is not the most important thing to be said of the Christian’s life. Marriage on this earth is temporary, but union to Christ is forever.

Is it sinful for a married Christian couple to not have children if they can? Is it defrauding God's design to be married and enjoy sex, but not have children? We consider these questions in this Ask Pastor Tim.

In King Uzziah we see the sad biography of how fame and pride destroyed him. He was unfaithful to the Lord and was rebuked by 80 men of valor for his actions, but rather than heed their warning, he responded in anger and defended himself. So also in our generation, we've sadly seen many pastors go from famous preachers to fallen adulterers. Uzziah's life is an example and warning to us of the dang...

When we are snared by the fear of man, we are no longer trusting in the Lord. We must stop regarding man in whose nostrils is mere breath. We will give an account to God who can kill the soul rather than man who can only kill the body. For the believer, they ultimately want the approval of God more than the approval of man. Rather than seek to be a people pleaser, we are to seek to please and hono...

Do you fear that you have committed the unpardonable sin? You may have, but nevertheless run to Christ. You say, "Isn't that a contradiction?" If you press the issue, yes. But I don't know, and you don't know, if they have committed it. So even if you think you've committed it, run to Christ. Don't just stand still because that will certainly lead to death. Notes: 1. Tim responds to the question,...

This is where we often go wrong: When we look at lost men we do not think they are as lost as they are. And when we look at Christians, we do not recognize that they are as changed as they are. We tend to take the edge off on both ends. Scripture doesn’t do that. Scripture says: If you are lost, it is extreme! If you are saved, it is the other extreme!

When it comes to preparing and delivering a sermon, there are countless questions that must be asked: Am I preaching my own opinion or what the text is saying? What should my sermon notes look like? What about using commentaries in my study? In this study, Tim seeks to deal with these questions and others.

Christ died for you; therefore He is certainly not going to require anything of you that would ultimately harm you, but He is abundantly for your good. Express your absolute allegiance to Christ and be surrendered to His love. Be able to say, "Lord, You are enough; and if I have You, though You strip everything else away, I am satisfied."

What are you tempted to be proud of tonight? Are you girls tempted to be proud of your beauty? Do you realize you could lose that in a second? Are you proud of how smart you are? One little thing and it could be gone and you can't even put sentences together. - Charles Leiter

There is no other path in the ministry except one that has trials and suffering along its way. At the same time, pastors also experience many blessings. Mack Tomlinson (https://www.providencedenton.org/ ) considers the trials and blessings of the ministry in this pastors' session from the 2017 Fellowship Conference.

Everything would be okay if _____ ? What comes to your mind, if anything? Have I put something plus Jesus in my equation for contentment?

What is contentment? Contentment is being fully satisfied in our soul, it is an idea of complete sufficiency. It is used in reference to God, in His self sufficiency and needing nothing. You could say it is coming to a state of being that is independent of external circumstances. In other words, it is being unmoved by external circumstances and situations because of the soul satisfaction within us...