Seeking the Gospel Truth

God never ceases to amaze me! Last night I read  through the last chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. I’m  thinking, it’s just his typical greetings to and from people as well as  letting them know that he’s sending Timothy… blah, blah, blah. Then in  the YouVersion free bible app , I had 2 verses highlighted… 1 Corinthians 16:13 NLT13 Be on guard. Stand fir...

This next chapter (15) of the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the  Corinthian church, is known as the Christian Creed. I really never knew  it as such until I heard Lee Strobel speak at Grand Canyon University a  few years ago. He’s well-known for his best-selling book, The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Amazon Affiliate Link, Kindle p...

Once, I attended a Joyce Meyer meeting where she  did a “baptism of the Holy Spirit” and I heard people around me  speaking gibberish. They were speaking in “tongues”. That’s one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit .  I have 2 friends who pray in tongues. Sometimes while we’re in a group.  The only person who can understand them is God. Which is OK, if that’s  their intention....

I learned a new word in 2020 — vitriolic . My dictionary app defines it as: “filled with bitter criticism or malice:  vitriolic attacks on the politicians “.  Simply put, it’s mean, angry, hateful, insulting, rude, responses and  comments on social media, or elsewhere publicly, because we no longer  respect other peoples’ opinions. We see a post on...

Christian worship has changed over the years, to  say the least! 1 Corinthians chapter 11 covers two aspects of it and  chapter 12 covers an important explanation regarding spiritual gifts.  First, keep in mind the culture of the people that Paul was addressing —  Greek, former pagans. The reason for Paul writing the letter was that  they were arguing over head coverings....

Biblical wisdom is amazing! You can’t beat instruction from God Himself! Unfortunately, if you don’t read the Bible ,  you’ll never find it! Besides the Word of God — all Scripture — being  “God-Breathed”, is the best advice we could get on how to live our lives  no matter what life throws at us. In today’s lesson, the Apostle Paul tackles two controversial topics for his day — temp...

1 Corinthians 9 is an interesting chapter. Some people in Corinth were  questioning the Apostle Paul’s authority. Why? Because he didn’t take a  salary or fee from the church for the work he did there. He helped to  organize — or plant — a new church, train leaders and teachers, and he  preached the Gospel Truth — the Good News — of Jesus’ salvation. Let’s  read how Paul h...

Why do you think the Old Testament is included as the “canon” in modern Bibles? It’s because it’s God’s story. It’s how God created the world and man . Then, it’s the story of how man’s relationship with God grows stronger and more distant at the same time. Until Jesus shows up to turn everything upside down. It is said that if we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to  repeat it. History...

Today, we’re in 1 Corinthians chapter 8. Chapter 7 of 1 Corinthians continues Paul’s discussion on sex and marriage . Not being married, I’ll let you read it for yourselves and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal its truth to you. I again defer to ThroughTheWord.org and their excellent lessons on each chapter of the Bible. In chapter 8, Paul brings up the subject of eating food sacrificed to  ido...

Today we’re combining chapters 5 and 6 of 1  Corinthians and I have to give fair warning — this is PG13 — and we’ll  be covering sensitive and what may be offensive content for some people.  Nevertheless, this is a topic that many progressive and Catholic  churches skip over because of those reasons. It makes you wonder why  “good Catholic girls” get into trouble or why so...

We continue our trek through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians in  chapter 4. It seems the people of Corinth had a problem with pride. Paul  also had to explain his relationship to the church. Paul was obviously  loved in most of the churches he started. However, keep in mind that  travel in those days was by ship, walking, or if lucky, hitching a ride  on a cart. It...

Yesterday we covered baby Christians vs mature Christians .  Today, as we keep going through Paul’s first letter to the church in  Corinth, he continues with that theme. See, people in that church were  very concerned on how they looked to others. That’s pride and vanity.  They gave themselves labels. The only label I want is CHRISTIAN. Let’s  dig in and see how Paul talks...

For many years I was seeking love, wisdom and  understanding. The problem was that I was looking in all the wrong  places! For a time, I was really into astrology. I knew all of the sun  signs and could tell a person all about their personality by when they  were born. I dabbled for fun with a Ouija Board with some friends. I’ve  had my palm read, done tarot cards, spoken...

Power and wisdom — those are two things that we  all want! They work together. We can have the power to make decisions,  but without wisdom, we make foolish ones. We can have all the wisdom in  the world, but if we abuse our power, that also leads to destruction.  Today we start a study through Paul’s first letter to the church in  Corinth. Corinth was plagued with sexual...

Part 4 of the special Sunday Series on How Christians should Vote... Our dignity as humans is directly tied to God. Did you know that  welfare strips people of their dignity and self-worth? Now think about  this — welfare leads to socialism/Marxism which leads to Communism.  America was built on the idea that people can work for a living. If the  government just gives us money...

In the final chapter of Paul’s letter to Titus, we have some very  important passages to consider. They are important because they are the  truth. We have a problem in this world today that if people don’t like  the truth, they invent their own. Actually, that’s been going on for a  very long time. Why do you think Jesus always started sentences with,  “Truly, I tell you…”...

When you attend a Christian church regularly, you should be growing in your faith . The church leaders should teach and encourage you on… The True Salvation of Jesus Christ… and Once you’re saved, to grow from a baby Christian to a mature Christian so you can teach others as you have been taught. In Titus chapter 2, Paul explains how the older people in a church  should mentor, teach and trai...

Today we start a short study — 3 days — on  Paul’s letter to Titus. Titus is mentioned a lot in Paul’s letters. He  was a Greek believer, but he was also a pastor, church planter and a  missionary leader. Titus was traveling with Paul on one of Paul’s  missionary journeys when they were shipwrecked in Crete. There they  found some believers, but there was no church organiz...

In 1964, Paul Harvey, a popular radio talk show  host did a skit called, “If I Were the Devil”, listing all the things he  would do if he were Satan and had control of the world. I’m going to  include his narrative as well as a few of my own. Pay attention! “If I Were the Devil”, by Paul Harvey, 1964... Keep reading in my blog.... If you want to reap all the benefits of salvation in...

For the many years that I was a halfway Christian — walking around with a false sense of salvation — I was missing the fullness and the blessings of being a born-again  believer. One of them was the fullness (and I use that word again  because it’s the best description) of the Holy Spirit .  Most Christians and Catholics understand the Trinity or the Triune God —  God, the Fath...

As a kid, growing up in the Bronx and Upstate  New York, I remember dressing up for Halloween. My mom was a talented  seamstress and made a lot of my costumes. Hence, I had a unique outfit  every year. I don’t remember ever having a store-bought outfit. As a prodigal , Halloween became a night to dress sexy and go out partying. Now, as a born-again Christian ,  I can’t stand it...

I never know what direction Pastor Chuck’s sermons are going to take.  Today’s was no different. The topic was Liberty/Freedom, but not what  you think. It’s Jesus freeing us from sin, addictions, death, etc. An  excellent message, but not exactly on how Christian should vote, until  we think about what Jesus did for us on the cross to liberate us from  the hell we were bo...

I was going to do this article on “What are  Charismatic Catholics?”, and as I started doing research, I discovered  that it’s a charismatic movement that stemmed from Pentecostalism. When  did Pentecostalism start? It stemmed from Christian Fundamentalism which  was started because of the rise of Liberalism and Progressive  Christianity. This is deep! There wasn’t a simpl...

Religion is in the news lately, Christianity and  Catholicism in particular, with the nomination of Judge Amy Coney  Barrett to the Supreme Court. But what is Christianity? Is it merely a  religion? Judge Barrett is a “Charismatic Catholic”. What’s the  difference? With so many “Christian” denominations which one is right? Is everyone who calls themselves a Christian really a C...

Today we finish the letter to the Christian Jews  solidifying that Jesus is all we need. Jesus is the same yesterday,  today, and forever. The Gospel or Good News of Jesus’ salvation is the same yesterday, today and forever. No one can change it! False teachers may try to twist it to fit society’s sinful nature because people may  not like what it says, but they can’t. They may try...