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In recent days, the issue of gun control laws has dominated the news headlines. President Obama’s administration is making it a top issue, and there is a veiled threat to use the privilege of Executive Order to ban certain guns and, thus, bypass Congress and the Constitution. The prevailing philosophy of the liberal left is…
How sad it is when professing believers are contact with simply being saved, and satisfied with barrenness. They do not long for the presence of God to made real to them. They do not hunger for the blessings of God. Therefore, they remain fruitless. There is hardly any evidence of spiritual life. These are the ones who most need revival, but the are also the ones who spurn it when it comes.
In our modern culture, manliness is viewed as a lesser trait. In a day when the male gender has been encouraged to “get in touch with your feminine side,” the Scriptures know of no such side to the male. In a day when gender distinctions have been been declared politically incorrect, the Scriptures remind us often that manliness should be a desired achievement for all males.
they despaired of that which was their provision. They spent their time complaining about what they did not have, instead of being grateful for what they did have.
These men are ordinary and common when the Master calls them. These are not young recruits who have just graduated high school. These are all men who are seasoned adults. They have already established their careers for earning incomes.
Too many pulpits have been replaced with counselor’s stools and motivational lecterns. The “message from God” has been replaced with “thought for the week.” Expositional preaching has been replaced with a topic of the day.
Then I realized. . .The NBA does not impact the world. What they promote is just a game, and nothing more. Games do not build nations. Games do not provide a lasting solution to the ills of mankind or the world. It is just a game.
I am fed up to my tonsils with pompous peacocks on stages parading as crude, foul-mouthed miscreants,
The aged apostle knew that if Timothy focused on that, the other issues of winning souls, giving, missions, standards, etc. would all fall into place.
While we must not forget the victims of 9/11 and the first-responders who also perished, we must also never forget the ultimate lesson of 9/11. That lesson is that all other religions of the world are at conflict with the God of the Bible.
