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Send us Fan Mail In this series I would like to walk listeners through a path I went down years ago when I was confronted with the issue of "keeping the Jewish Sabbath" by a person that had, what appeared to be, a good argument for going to church on Saturday.  That led me on a quest to better understand the Sabbath and if followers of Jesus are bound to this Jewish command.  It starts w...

Send us Fan Mail The Israelites were commanded to keep the Sabbath and keep it holy.  What does that require?  In this episode we will look at what those requirements were and realize how much mankind has added to them which made the Sabbath more of a burden than a blessing.   

Send us Fan Mail The word Sabbath simply means "rest" and reading Ex 20 we could read it as "remember the day of rest and keep it holy."  Jesus fulfilled the Sabbath in that in Him we find our rest as He said in:  Mat 11:28  Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest .  29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart...

Send us Fan Mail There is no mandated day to attend a gathering of believers - period.  Traditionally we attend church on Sundays because that is what is seen in the NT.  The primarily Jewish church in the New Testament would have likely also attended Synagogue on the Sabbath since they were Jews but in Christ, especially for the non-Jews or "gentiles" there is no mandate or command to a...

Send us Fan Mail Looking at recent world events we can become frightened since these things are likely to occur in our country as well.  But Jesus spoke of these thing regarding the latter days and the condition of our world encouraging us to expect it but do not be overwhelmed by the evil that boils over in the world.  It's part of humanity's consequences for abandoning God and our hope...

Send us Fan Mail In our relationship with Jesus, His will is often not consistent with my will leaving me with a choice to make.  His will or my will.  Which one?  Remembering that God is eternal and has an eternal perspective should cause us to give Him the benefit of the doubt because He sees the future, we don't.  And many things that occur in our lives presently, will have results in the...

Send us Fan Mail Public School has been the topic of many discussions in these days as we have seen traditional education changing over the years.  Robb is a Dean of Students at a large High School and offers his insight as a believer in the public schools.    

Send us Fan Mail In our lives as believers we may, at times, feel weak in spirit causing our faith to feel as if it's failing.  But God does not leave us stranded rather He is awaiting our cry to Him so He can bring us back to that place of peace with God.  Then our strength becomes renewed, or made new again.  

Send us Fan Mail Every child of God is a minister.  Minister means servant and as children of God who serve their King, we are now ministers of the gospel.  Churches over the centuries have taken the concept of a minister and attributed it to a person who is a leader in the church but that's missing the point.  The work of the ministry occurs outside church buildings more-so than within.  Ser...

Send us Fan Mail When a person "gets religion" that doesn't mean they become a child of God.  Becoming a child of God means we answer Jesus' call to receive His Holy Spirit and believe upon His name or trust Him.  Answering this call is what initiates the change from darkness to light and begins the process of becoming the person we are created to be.  

Send us Fan Mail In all the negativity that inundates our world, especially the media's continual picture of gloom over our country, there is a beautiful hope we have in our God that when mediated upon can lift us out of our darkness and into the light.  

Send us Fan Mail The end times is a hot topic now days and I want to share my thoughts and understanding on the subject.  

Send us Fan Mail One very important piece to understanding the end time events is to understand God's purpose for the nation Israel and the future plans during the chaos of the "times of Jacob's trouble" referring to the great tribulation period.  

Send us Fan Mail In the Old Testament God promised Israel a new covenant between Himself and the nation after establishing the covenant with them at Mt Sinai.  This new covenant would be different in that God putting His spirit in them and more.  Jesus, declared this new covenant with his Apostles when he took the cup and declared it to be the new covenant in His blood.  Israel, as a nation, rejec...

Send us Fan Mail In the Old  Testament there are hints of gentiles coming to faith but for the most part the Church was a mystery until Jesus said in Mat 16:18  "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."  The Church was melting pot of the Lord for whosoever would believe both Jew and Gentile.  However, the...

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps one of the strangest teachings in the Scriptures, the rapture of the church or the "harpazo" is clearly taught and we need to understand what it is and what it means for humanity.   

Send us Fan Mail A great lesson we can learn from the Old Testament story of the Jew's history is how many times they did things contrary to God's law because it seemed right in their own eyes.  Leaning on our own understanding is a huge problem in the lives of believers today because we are not created to depend upon our own limited understand rather the leading of Holy Spirit.  The nar...

Send us Fan Mail We will understand this a lot better in eternity but the only sufficient payment for eternal life is in the blood sacrifice of Jesus.  And for those who have entered into that New Covenant He spoke of, the expectation of obedience and being led by the Holy Spirit, should be in the forefront of our mind.  We were bought with a price and now we are not our own rather we are the prop...

Send us Fan Mail The battle in our spiritual lives involves our minds being renewed.  If we are walking in faith, filled with the Holy Spirit our minds take on a vital new role.  Putting on the mind of Christ and renewing our minds prepares us not only to be a good witness, but to discern the will of God.  Not having the mind of Christ or renewing our minds leaves us in the natural mind, relying u...

Send us Fan Mail When an unbeliever comes to faith in Jesus, through whatever circumstance, they change.  And along with those changes life now becomes a different experience where those things once thought to be good are now filtered through the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit.  And that new path can be challenging because it can be a lonely path at times and Jesus made it clear that difficulties...

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Send us Fan Mail I have discovered that biblical giving  can be a tool in our lives that God uses to do many really cool things including breaking the chains of selfishness in our own lives.  Giving is not a topic people usually want to hear because of what they may have experienced when a preacher compelled them to give when they didn't want to.  That's not Jesus, it's not biblical...

Send us Fan Mail The word "tithe" means "a tenth."  I give my take on this issue and the difference between giving whatever a person determines in their own heart and a mandated 10%.  

Send us Fan Mail When we give to bless God we can bless Him many ways other than giving money.  Time, skills etc are also ways that bless Him and others.  And those things given in faith will have an eternal reward as well.  

Send us Fan Mail The letter from the writer known as "Jude" is a short, 1 chapter, power packed letter addressing false teachers.  False teaching has been around since teaching began.  It's simply taking something taught and twisting it then passing the twisted version on to anyone who is willing to listen.  False teachers are not necessarily those with opposing views on non-essenti...