- Follow The Disciple's Road on WordPress.com
-
Join 340 other subscribers
Top Posts & Pages
- What a Bird's Nest Can Teach Us About God's Will
- Does God Want Everyone To Get Married?
- The 10 Times Israel Tested God
- The Curious Case of the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, & Manasseh
- The Beasts at Ephesus
- Divorced Pastors & Deacons? (post #1 of 3)
- Why Daniel's Answer Got Delayed
- What Will Life Be Like in Christ's Millennial Reign?
- The Plowing of the Wicked Is Sin
- Spiritually Minded vs. Carnally Minded
Categories
Tags
- A.W. Tozer
- addiction
- Adultery
- Alcohol
- being thankful
- Bible Study
- Charles Spurgeon
- Christ's millennial reign
- Christ's Resurrection
- Christ's thousand year reign
- Christ's yoke
- Chuck Swindoll
- Church Attendance
- Constantine
- Contentment
- damnation
- Demons
- discerning God's will
- Divorce
- Easter
- Eternal Security
- Evangelism
- evidences for the virgin birth
- Faith
- Fatherhood
- G. Campbell Morgan
- Gehenna
- God's Timing
- God's Will
- hades
- Heaven
- Hell
- Homosexuality
- Idolatry
- Jesus the Good Shepherd
- Marriage
- missed opportunities
- Nimrod
- Obedience
- Parenting
- Patience
- Perseverance
- Personal Holiness
- pornography
- Prayer
- praying in Jesus' name
- Priorities
- Repentance
- Salvation
- Satan
- Semiramis
- soul-winning
- spiritual warfare
- Sunday School
- Tammuz
- tartarus
- Temptation
- Thankfulness
- Thanksgiving
- the afterlife
- the battle of Armageddon
- The Bible
- the eternal lake of fire
- the great white throne judgment
- the indwelling Holy Spirit
- the temple of the Holy Spirit
- Trials
- Trusting In God
- using your spiritual gift
- using your talents in serving Christ
- Vance Havner
- waiting on God
- Warren Wiersbe
- was Mary a virgin when she conceived Christ?
- Worship
Recent Comments
russellmckinney on What Satan Did to Judas: … russellmckinney on God Knows Your Size Exact… Myron on God Knows Your Size Exact… April Elliott on What Satan Did to Judas: … russellmckinney on Let Me Illustrate Disciple’s Road
My TweetsBlog Stats
- 450,151 hits
Category Archives: Disobedience
Forgiveness, But Not Change
I live in a small, rural county in the so-called “Bible belt.” It’s the kind of place where there is a church on every corner, down every sideroad, and up every holler. Consequently, it can be hard to find someone … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Change, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Disobedience, Drugs, Forgiveness, Hypocrisy, Personal, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin
Tagged Change, Christians who don't repent, forgiveness without change, Repentance, salvation without change
Leave a comment
Swimming at Your Own Risk
One summer, when the boys were young, we had one day left on our beach vacation. So, we used that day to give the boys a final opportunity to enjoy the ocean and pool. This had been the first year … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Choices, Confession, Disobedience, God's Chastening, God's Judgment, God's Word, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Scripture, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, The Bible
Tagged getting stung by a jellyfish, ignoring the Bible, putting vinegar on a jellyfish sting, The Bible, the consequences of sin, what do you do about a jellyfish sting?
Leave a comment
Recalculating
In my last post, I mentioned G.P.S. systems as examples of the otherworldly technology that now passes for our normal, everyday lives. I remember the first time that Tonya and I used one of those systems for our family’s vacation … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Choices, Disobedience, God's Love, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Grace, Obedience, Repentance, Trusting In God
Tagged G.P.S. system, G.P.S. system recalculating, God's direction, God's guidance, God's Will, missing God's will, what to do when you've missed God's will
2 Comments
Your Penny
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13, N.K.J.V.) Little Billy had his hand stuck in an expensive vase. His mother tried her best to pull the hand out, … Continue reading
Don’t Blame God
“But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” (John 5:40, N.K.J.V.) A barber and a minister found themselves having to travel through a rather seedy part of town. Disgusted by the conditions he saw, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Belief, Change, Choices, Depravity, Disobedience, Dress and Appearance, God's Love, Man's Freewill, Rebellion, Salvation
Tagged blaming God, disease, How could a God of love allow poverty?, poverty, refusing to come to Jesus, the transforming power of Christ, You are not willing to come to me
Leave a comment
The Test of Prosperity
Quick, name the toughest test to pass spiritually. Did you say, “Disease”? Did you say, “The death of a loved one”? Did you say, “Troubles?” Did you say, “Disappointment”? Well, there’s no doubt that none of those tests are spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Backsliding, Choices, Contentment, Decisions, Desires, Disobedience, Faithfulness, God's Provision, Greed, Lust, Personal Holiness, Prosperity, Sex, Sin, Temptation, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Chuck Swindoll, David, David and Bathsheba, David's sin, Prosperity, the test of prosperity
Leave a comment
The One Requirement Even the Christian Must Meet for Prayer
Did you know there is a certain requirement that even the Christian must meet to ensure that God will hear his prayer? As you read the following passages (all from the N.K.J.V.), see if you can spot it: If I regard … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Disobedience, Fatherhood, Forgiveness, God's Holiness, God's Love, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Repentance, Seeking Forgiveness, Separation
Tagged God hearing the Christian's prayer, God not hearing the Christian's prayer, if I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear, Prayer, sin is a prayer killer
Leave a comment
The Chain Is Off
A mailman was given a new route. His first day he approached the mailbox of a home that had a big German shepherd crouched on the porch. When the mailman put his hand toward the mailbox, the dog started barking … Continue reading
The Disciple's Road 