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Termites. Those little buggers can wreak havoc on the foundation of a house, to the point of collapse, if let alone to do their thing. Syncretism has, for centuries, but especially of late, undermined the foundation of faith to the point where sometimes it's hard to tell the Church from the world. So, what is syncretism? It's the blending together of opposite belief systems. It's the amalgamation...

Hey, just repent. God will forgive you. Woah, wait a minute! Is Grace just "sloppy agape?" Can we live like the devil and just tell God, "Sorry, my bad"? When it comes to understanding what and why of the Law as well as what and why of Grace, we find out that there's one thing too many forget as they make choices in life...consequences. Take Jephthah's story in the book of Judges, chapter eleven....

Sloppy agape? - Follow the rules or free "get out of hell" card? - Is it "Old Testament out, New Testament in?" - In this day of Grace, is the Law something we even need to concern ourselves with? It's vital in today's culture, especially in the modern-day church to fully understand how true followers of Jesus Christ relate to both the Law and Grace. Jesus said that He didn't come to abolish the L...

Tube steaks, baseball, apple, pie, and the odor of burned sulfur wafting in the air. Yup, it's July 4th! As we celebrate the 249th birthday of our great nation, we step back and take a wide view of this country and our involvement in the events happening around the world. Just a few weeks ago, "bunker breaker bombs," in Operation Midnight Hammer, were dropped on nuclear energy labs in the distant...

Ever play the game, "Telephone?" It's where someone whispers something to another person and then they pass it to another person and on and on until everyone has had the phrase whispered to them. Then the last person tells the group what the message was. The results can be hilarious...and more often than not, quite different from the original. Well, unfortunately in the Church world, some of God's...

There's a whole lot more to "everything" than what we can encounter with our five senses. And more than what is just in what we call the physical world. We know the spiritual world exists because of the evidence presented to us in the Bible. "God is spirit" says a whole lot in three little words. Understanding the spiritual world is important for us as believers. Besides the triune God, the Bible...

The dullest pencil is sharper than the sharpest mind, the old saying goes. That's why we're so glad God gave us The Word, a.k.a. the Bible. Oral traditions can morph over time. God's Word doesn't change. And that's why we have to be people who constantly immerse ourselves in the study the Logos - the written Word. So, what is the Rhema? There are some people who disregard the Logos and are always...

Masks are fun to wear, especially if you don't want someone to know who you are. Bandits wore them in every "Good verses Evil" movie we saw while growing up. Even some of the good guys wore masks to hide their identity when not on the job. The problem is when people who are supposed to be transparent and vulnerable with each other resort to wearing them, and we're speaking specifically of the Chur...

Boat in the water - Good! Water in the boat - Not Good! This is not a new topic since Paul wrote about it to Timothy back in the early church times. The "Godlessness Invasion," however, has ramped up in ways we never would have imagined. Lawlessness in the world is expected. Hey, sinners will sin. However, those of us who claim Christ as Lord and Savior cannot allow lawlessness and Godlessness in...

Well, is it either or both, when it comes to The Great Commission? There's no question that it takes both of them to not only reach the lost but keep them solid in the faith. Evangelism alone boasts of about 5 - 15% of those who make a decision for Jesus are still walking with Him. Kind of a "been there, done that" as opposed to having their lives transformed. True discipleship or disciple making...

Today's medical advances are incredible. Some would call it miraculous. But there's a difference between medical miracles and God's kind. Then there are those who deny the existence of God because of the suffering and, if He did exist, why His seeming lack of intervention when it comes to sickness and suffering? Why do we become ill? Answering this important question gives us solid ground to respo...

End time prophecy tells us that there will arise "the Man of Lawlessness." But until then, everything will be peace and harmony, right? Absolutely not! And we're seeing lawlessness like we've not seen maybe ever. We're seeing violent behavior from people no one would expect to be the perpetrators. We discuss in length moral relativism as opposed to moral absolutes and each of their sources. The "I...

Each new sitting President is evaluated after they've been in office for 100 days so we've taken the time to research what we've seen happen and what the media is reporting for President Donald Trump. Proverbs states "The king's heart is a strem of water in the hand of the Lord: He turns it wherever He will." As believers, we believe what Paul wrote in Romans, "There is no authority except from Go...

The Bible commands that we forgive as we've been forgiven. That's quite a challenge sometimes when we've been severely wronged. But the question remains, can we forgive And forget? The Bible clearly states in both the New and Old Testament that God chooses to not remember our sins when we repent. The Bible emphatically declares Him saying He "will" remember our sins no more. How about us? Can we r...

There is nothing more important than prayer - for a believer or an unbeliever. For the unbeliever, it's the introduction to the God who loves them so much that He paid the sin penalty and set them free. It starts by asking. For the believer, it's so much more than bringing a "grocery list" of requests to God. But even with this paradigm, so many Christians don't spend quality time with their heave...

For some people, prayer is an enigma. We can't see God, touch Him, or hear Him in the physical so how do we even know prayer even works? Prayer is raw faith. And without faith, according to Hebrews 11, it's impossible to please Him...but He rewards those who diligently seek Him. If we're going to be mature followers of Jesus Christ, we need be more than "Gab it and grab it" prayers. We need to und...

Ever get "ripped off" by a vending machine? You put your money in but get nothing out of it? Some people see prayer that way. They come to God and ask Him for stuff but He doesn't seem to come through by saying "yes" to their laundry list of requests..especially according to their timetable. We call God, "Father," but too often treat him like a bellhop. One of the disciples asked Jesus to teach th...

Your birthday isn't the same day every year. That's because you don't actually celebrate your birth day but your birth date. There's a big difference. We celebrate Resurrection Day on the same day each year, adjusting for spring equinox but not the same date. However, there's another issue with what we call Holy Week. Three days in the tomb is hard to cipher if Jesus died on Good Friday and rose o...

Remember Zachaues? When he came into relationship with Jesus, his transformation was more than just faith in Jesus but he had an incredible change of heart. He made a commitment to restore fourfold to those he defrauded. Restitution is something that many preachers gloss over. We want forgiveness for our sins but we neglect both the Old Testament and New Testament commands to repay. Money, possess...

Devolution is the descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state. The opposite of evolution. Recently, a televised government meeting showed us a clear example of this devolution. It's one thing for politics to be partisan but we seem to have lost the ability to respect each other. And unfortunately, the people involved are representative of what is happening in society in general. As believers...