Pay Attention or Drift
Hebrews 2:1 – Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. What do you do to stay…
They Will be Shocked
1 Peter 4:3-5 – 3 For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking…
Doctrine Plus Mission: Proclaim a True Gospel
Galatians 1:6-9 – 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a…
Gather for More Than Your Good
Hebrews 10:24-25 – 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is…
A Hope We May be Ignoring
I want to help us to think about hope. Life is hard, Pain is real. Suffering is sometimes overwhelming. Frustrations about so many things threaten to steal…
Do What is Good–A Simple Thought about Romans 13 and Christian Submission to Government
How does a Christian respond to government? Do we always, unquestioningly do what the government says? How do we know when it is time to respectfully refuse…
Underhanded Ways or Open Proclamation
2 Corinthians 4:1–3 – 1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways.…
The Goodness of Judgment
As Paul opens his second letter to the church in Thessalonica, he points to the faithfulness of the believers as well as the promise of the judgment…
There is Another King, Jesus
Acts 17:6-9 – 6 And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who…
Persecution Comes when the State Demands Supremacy
Thoughtful Christian friends, take a look at these few paragraphs on the persecution of the church in the Roman Empire. See the reasoning behind Roman persecution as…