Pleasing The Father

Scripture And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ~Matthew 3:17, KJV Quote Our Heavenly Father honors faith, rewards humility and loves obedience. ~Ya’akov Most of us have a desire to please the Father but the principle of sin hinders us. As Paul confessed in…

Our Need For Pure Rest

Scripture And on the seventh day God finished the work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all the work that He had done. ~Genesis 2:2, NRSV Quote Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without a business, without entertainment, without a care.…

Who Is Eric Arthur Blair?

Scripture “What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime.” ~John 18:38, NLT Quote Marxism was never about achieving an egalitarian society. It is always about the pursuit of raw power. ~Russel A. Berman Who in thunder is Eric Arthur Blair?…

Israel’s Creed

Scripture Then Yahweh passed by in front of him [Moses] and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. ~Exodus 34:6-7, LSB Quote Exodus 34:6-7 is…

The Politization of Sports

Scripture Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God’s will is—what is proper, pleasing, and perfect. ~Romans 12:2, ISV Quote I believe that one day soon in America–even in sports media–we will free ourselves from woke…

Fellowship

Scripture If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ~1 John 1:7, NET Quote Biblical fellowship is never something done alone. ~Chuck Swindoll The Greek word for fellowship is koinōnia and it literally…

The Wrath Of God

Scripture  He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” ~John 3:36, NASB Quote “I do not want to believe [in hell], but I dare not disbelieve it.” ~J.I. Packer I’m about half-way through J.I.…

Alexander the Great Mentality

Scripture You know all about us, inside and out.  You are mindful that we’re made from dust. ~Psalm 103:14, TPT Quote We despair because we think we ought to be in spiritual orbit by this time, and we are barely skimming the treetops. ~Chuck Swindoll In Matthew 25 Jesus told the parable of the talents.…

The Weight Of Sin

Scripture The earth itself will stagger like a drunk, sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again. ~Isaiah 24:20, GNT Quote Beware of thinking to lightly of sin. ~C. H. Spurgeon The earth, even the ground beneath our feet and the…