Success and Failure

The devil’s really been trying to tempt me to think that I’m a failure. In the eyes of the world and its measures of success (along with many Christians’, I might add), I stink. I haven’t held any job post-college for more than 2 years. I have no pension into which I’m currently paying. I … Continue reading →

Application of the Golden Rule: Some Real-Life Communication

So, I’ve been realizing something about the Golden Rule lately; it requires a bit of forward thinking! In the years that I’ve been following Christ, I’ve transitioned from needing to be heavily discipled by others, to entering into more of a period of enjoying peer fellowship, to now having attained the degree of maturity in … Continue reading →

False Teachers: Some Signs & Discernment

For today, I feel compelled to write about false teachers.  Rather than having a topic and using many Scriptures to support it, I will do my best to stick as exclusively as possible to this passage. Thank you Father God for your wisdom that you have given us by your Word, both written and still … Continue reading →

No Good Thing Dwelleth in My Flesh: THAT’s GOOD NEWS

Today’s topic is that no good thing dwells in our flesh. Although this may sound like bad news at first, it actually leads into the best news of all; Jesus comes to live inside of us when we make our profession of faith from a sincere heart of repentance. Father God, I thank you so … Continue reading →