“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.” Colossians 3:5-6 (ESV) As humans we sometimes put our hopes and dreams in the hands of our flesh, instead of ...
Read More »The Church That Overcomes Hell’s Gates
Church is an emotionally loaded word for many. For some, it pulls forth feelings of inadequacy–of not measuring up. For others, it engenders “ought to do” feelings: the doing sometimes creates pride and other times produces failure. Church speaks to others of “Sunday best” and plastic facades that are left ...
Read More »What Does a Believer Look Like?
There are a few scriptures that trouble me. One is found in Matthew 7:14. But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it. Another, following the same theme is found just a few verses ...
Read More »5 Things Every Christian Needs to Know About Pornography Addiction
I’m so confused! Television and new fiction releases tell me that I should be sexually insatiable. Text books tell me that my husband thinks about sex every seven seconds. Some women tell me that they could live without it forever. Over the past few years my husband has wanted it ...
Read More »Our Hope: Enoch Was Taken
“And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24 Enoch is a very interesting hero of the faith. He is fascinating, actually, yet we really know very little about him personally. Let’s talk about what we do know about him. Enoch’s father was Jared, a descendant ...
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