Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
My weekly or routine devotionals.
We have all heard the phrase “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” The vivid truth behind this is that there is no other reason for Christmas. The name of the season itself speaks clearly of Christ, CHRISTmas. The world knows this, and fights adamantly against manger scenes depicting Baby …
As we saw previously, there are some who discourage celebrating Christmas by trying to tie it to paganism. They assert Christmas as unjustified because it is a man-made holiday, and base this claim on the Bible not instructing us to remember Christ’s birth. This is easily debunked because the Jews …
Have you heard someone say something like this, “Observing Christmas is wrong because the Bible has not authorized it?” I will write on this over the next few weeks. If we’re not careful, as with so many other statements that are made by seeming scholars of the Word, we will …
Read Proverbs 4:25-26 and Psalm 123:1-2 Driving down the road is easy if our eyes are fixed on the road but look to the left or right and it’s funny how the car drifts in the direction we look. Life is the same way. If we fix our eyes on …
Read Acts 28:1-15, where Paul, “thanked God, and took courage.” The significance of these words starts in Acts 27 where the chips were down in Paul’s life. In Acts 27, Paul was a prisoner, bound and shipped off to Caesar. He finds himself in a safe haven for the winter, …
Read Psalm 99, one of the Royal Psalms, presenting God as sovereign King. Elections seem to bring out the worst in the best of people — mudslinging, character assassinations become a norm, from candidates down to the grassroots. After what transpired around the previous election, what emerged into the current …
Read 1 Peter 2:13-16, which teaches us to get out and vote the will of God. The word submit means, “cause to be in a submissive relationship.” Then in the context of this passage, ordinance means, “a system of established authority that is the result of some founding action.” Applying …
I was asked by a few people whether or not I would endorse an event sponsored by a church to be a replacement for Halloween, like a light show or trunk-or-treat. My quick answer without hesitation was an absolute “no.” For me, shrouding the unrighteousness of the god of this …
Jesus said, “he that reapeth receiveth wages” (John 4:35-39). These words speak of reaping the souls of men out of the harvest field through soulwinning. Paul calls these “wages” “rewards” as he implores us to reap by faithfully preaching the Gospel. Paul said, “woe is unto me, if I preach …
Watching the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is heartbreaking. Our sending church in Shelby, NC was without power and had water damage. A good percentage of our supporting churches are in the mountains of North Carolina, and undoubtedly many will be severely impacted by this event. Knowing that Asheville, NC is …
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