Hey, law, you can move on now When the Bible speaks of the Law, it is talking about the entire covenant which God made with Israel when he brought them out of Egypt. It includes the Ten Commandments, the sacrificial system, the temple organization, the feasts and holy days, the moral commands, the social […]
Radicalized Christians 2
No condemnation A man pulled up and stopped his car in the street next to my home in a small town in Texas. I had just parked my own car and gotten out. I didn’t know the man. He knew I was a pastor, maybe because I was living in the parsonage of a […]
Radicalized Christians
You’ve heard the term “radicalized Muslim” being used to describe people who have joined terrorist groups such as ISIS. It refers to a person who was living a basically peaceful and harmless existence then was convinced somehow to adopt a terrorist mindset and join a jihadist group or commit acts of terror on their own. […]
The Exemption for Jesus
The place of the Old Testament (Old Covenant) Law in the life of one following Jesus is a significant issue that I believe needs to be clarified and understood. Frankly speaking, I think most Christians don’t get it. Reading through the Gospel of Matthew, I came upon a short passage that provides some clarity. What […]
Submitting to submission
I’m not always good at understanding everything a person is telling me. Sometimes I hear only the words and miss the context, the emotion, the depth of meaning, and the full purpose of what they’re saying. I will be thinking in very black and white concepts, so all I get is a surface understanding or […]
Drunk on God
Paul the apostle wrote to the believers in Ephesus: And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the […]
Grab hold
Matthew 11:2-12: When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the […]
Jesus and the terrorist
Saul was a terrorist. His mission in life was to terminate everyone who believed in Jesus. It was an obsession. He breathed hatred for Christians. He despised them so much he wanted to rid the earth of them. He went from town to town on search and destroy missions. He would crash their meetings, torture […]