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Send us Fan Mail The Old Testament contains so much recorded violence that it is often unpleasant to read.  Understanding about the history of those days and learning more about the character of God may help us recognize a scary trait among many people that is a fascination with violence.  And the Lord is no stranger to violence as He Himself inflicts His wrath on occasion upon those who oppose Hi...

Send us Fan Mail When a person is expecting an upcoming event where they will be in the spot light, they prepare for that day so that they may not feel ashamed when the time comes.  A singer will rehearse, an athlete will train, a student will study.  All to ensure they are at their best for the event.   With Jesus, the concept is the same.  We will be standing before Him, and this life is our tim...

Send us Fan Mail A common complaint against Christians is that we often are "judgmental" and condemning.  And it's interesting that most unbelievers know the verse in Matthew Ch. 7:1  "Judge not, that ye be not judged."  They even know it in the Old King James version.  But as believers we are to be judgemental not in condemning others rather continually evaluating ourselv...

Send us Fan Mail In the Old Testament, cities of refuge were established by God to protect people who were involved in the death of a person where there was no intent to harm that person - a place of refuge for those who were fleeing judgment of a really angry relative of the deceased.  Jesus is our place of refuge and that is the idea of a strong tower.  A place of protection for those who seek i...

Send us Fan Mail Paul's letter to the believers in the church at the ancient of Philippi is packed with spiritual truths and practical wisdom given to a church adored by Paul. 

Send us Fan Mail Paul exhorts the Philippian believers to rejoice in Christ and live a life that pleases Him. 

Send us Fan Mail Paul addresses destructive people in the church, referring at this time to those insisting Gentiles (Non-Jews) must undergo circumcision to come into fellowship with Jesus and be saved.  He also addresses those who are confident in their own righteousness and not in humility.  

Send us Fan Mail Paul ends his letter to the believers at Philippi by acknowledging their gift they sent Paul in his time of need commending their faith for being willing to sacrifice for the Kingdom.  

Send us Fan Mail The issue of sexual lust has been around forever.  Dealing with lust, as a believer, involves a complete surrender to obtain the victory and when this is done, the victory will come. 

Send us Fan Mail Sacrifices in the Old Testament were designed by God to atone for rebellion against Him until the final sacrifice for sin was complete - the Crucifixion.   Now in our lives we are commanded to present ourselves as "living sacrifices" which puts a new spin on sacrificing to the Lord.  It's a permanent lifestyle that brings us closer to God and shows the world what li...

Send us Fan Mail When the Israelites left Egypt, that generation rebelled against God resulting in their forfeiting the promised land.  Their children, however, were allowed in to the land God had promised them and ultimately fulfilled God's word that they would occupy the land of Canaan.  That generation, led by Joshua, was the up and coming people of God who throughout the years of Joshua w...

Send us Fan Mail The word faith is not an unfamiliar word but true biblical defined faith may be to many.  Jesus commends the innocent faith of child and told his disciples that they must become like a little child regarding their faith.  That lesson is a difficult process but not when the Holy Spirit is running the show.  When a believer surrenders their life to Jesus and the Holy Spirit now conn...

Send us Fan Mail I believe the more familiar with the Scriptures we become, the closer we can draw to Jesus and learning the stories about those "heros of the faith" can encourage us and also teach us a lot of lessons about what they did right and what they did wrong.  In David's life there are a lot of great examples of what he did right and a few examples of where he really went s...

Send us Fan Mail David has overcome a very stressful time of his life and now has is established as the king of Israel.  His difficult experiences are now revealed to have been valuable training ground for his new role as king.  He is trusting in God to run the show and God provides victory after victory securing David's place as king and glorifying God.  

Send us Fan Mail David commits adultery with one of his men's wife then kills that man.  This wickedness will ruin David's life, witness and family.  Despite the sin being atoned for by God, David's life is never the same and his family is torn apart.   

Send us Fan Mail We often hear the word blessed echoing through the churches.  But do we recognize the true blessings from God when we are going through suffering?  Often times suffering refines us and provides an opportunity to demonstrate our faith not simply declare it verbally.  When we go through difficulty keeping our eyes open for the hidden blessings can reveal a depth of faith that  we ma...

Send us Fan Mail In our relationship with Jesus, it becomes helpful when we understand more about our role as a follower of His.  What we think and do is important because He holds us accountable to walk in faith trusting in Him.  Looking at the principle of what is required of us to be in right standing with Him reveals simple instructions in living our lives as believers.  

Send us Fan Mail Gideon lacked all confidence to fight against his seemingly invincible enemy but God showed Gideon that when you follow Him He will fight against your enemies and bring about the victory.  

Send us Fan Mail When a person becomes a child of God through faith in Jesus and the Holy Spirit then fills them, it brings about new life.  At the beginning it's very typical for the change in a person to be evident but as time goes on the old life, from which they were delivered, begins to creep back in.  Many fall back into their old life and leave Jesus behind but that's not the plan...

Send us Fan Mail The presence of God in our lives reflects the light of God which Jesus said He was.  Understanding He is the light and light illuminates the darkness gives us another perspective regarding our role as children of the light - to illuminate the darkness around us.  

Send us Fan Mail Joshua is in the midst of a successful military campaign when he makes a foolish mistake I have made many times.  He agrees to something without asking the Lord first and it becomes a problem for him and Israel.  

Send us Fan Mail Following Jesus requires we surrender everything to Him and seek His will over our own.  This is pretty difficult and not really appealing to many who want to go to heaven but live like hell.  But when we meet the true risen Savior we find out just how amazing He is in and the life we live in submission to Him beats anything we could build on our own.  

Send us Fan Mail Joshua became the leader of Israel after Moses died.   The Lord tells Joshua to be strong and courageous several times.   His task was monumental in leading the Israelites into the promised land.  Joshua learned a lot of lessons that are applicable to our relationship to the Lord including being strong and courageous in our calling from God.   

Send us Fan Mail James and John were leaders in Jesus' rag tag group of disciples.  They learn a hard lesson when they want to kill people for disrespecting Jesus.  They were operating in their flesh and not the spirit and did what many of us are also guilty of.  Jesus rebukes them for their impulsive reaction.  

Send us Fan Mail Walking through life with Jesus as our Guide is a difficult road at times.  But being in the midst of solid believers helps up in our journey.  However, being around those who are not believers can pull us away from that road and really do damage to our relationship with our Lord.  Balancing our time between believers and unbelievers is important so we may be a witness to our unbe...