Some of my friends are queer. Not because they are queer, but “anyway.” If someone asks me what I think about homosexuality, my reply is that I believe Yahweh has caused His design of humanity to cause it to fail to reproduce, so that it will not increase. It is sterile. Some of my other friends hate queers. Usually because […]
John was sent ahead of Jesus to announce His approach – to introduce Him (Matthew 3:1-4). John’s introduction was limited to how Jesus fit into the only revelation John had: the law given to the Jews through Moses (Matthew 3:7-17). His revelation did not include what the coming Kingdom would look like, so he apparently expected it to look like […]
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.(Galatians 1:10 HCSB ©®) Paul wrote that and he wrote this: We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and […]
The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote […]
Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many people admonished him to be […]
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. “Which one of you having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in […]
Consider, then, the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and promptly receives it with joy. […]
I could be wrong, but I am still convinced that the appropriate answer to any difficulty in my life is not to fix the problem. My first response needs to always be, “Lord, what is in this situation that I need to experience so that I can be more like You, and more truly the person You say I am?” […]
Jesus has called you. He called you to succeed. I am convinced that if you continue to stand up after falling, continue to ask for clarity when you get confused, continue to obey what instructions you receive from Him, that you cannot fail. And we know that God works together all things for good to those loving God, to those […]
Vincent Van Gogh was considered an unskilled fool by his peers when he taught himself to paint. Not long before his death, he was schooled for 4 months by another painter, but his style was his own. A couple of years before he became so depressed that he took his life, some people began to show his art in some […]