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Category Archives: God’s Word
Are You Taking Your Stand with God’s Revealed Truth?
One day a teacher set up a telescope in his classroom so that his students could view a certain planet and its moons. The students lined up to peer into the telescope, and one by one each student confidently affirmed … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Belief, Bible Study, Choices, Courage, Criticism, Discernment, Doubt, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, God's Guidance, God's Will, God's Word, Homosexuality, Personal, Rebellion, Satan, Scripture, The Bible, The Devil, Trusting In God, Truth
Tagged Albert Einstein, Benno Muller-Hill, Do objects fall at the same rate?, Galileo, good experiment for a physical science class, Has God said?, standing on God's truth, the equivalence principle, the universality of free fall, Why do objects fall at the same rate?
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A Changed Heart
Each year at this time thousands of people participate in Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program. The names of the children of inmates are placed as “angel ornaments” on Christmas trees in churches, businesses, and shopping malls. Along with each name … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Change, Children, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Doing Good, God's Word, God's Work, Grace, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Motherhood, Restoration, Salvation, Scripture, The Gospel, The Heart
Tagged angel tree, Christmas, Ezekiel 36:26-27, gifts for the children of inmates, I will give you a new heart, jesus, Mary Kay, Mary Kay angel tree, Mary Kay Beard, Prison Fellowship, Prison Fellowship angel tree, prison ministry
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A Fresh Word from God
Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. (1 Samuel 3:1, N.K.J.V.) The Hebrew word translated as “widespread revelation” in this verse … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Character, Commitment, Confession, Discernment, Disobedience, Faithfulness, Fatherhood, God's Guidance, God's Will, God's Word, Greed, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Restoration, Scripture, Sex, Sin, The Bible
Tagged a time when God wasn't speaking, Eli a failure as a father, God wanted to kill Hophni and Phinehas, Hophni and Phinehas were unbelievers, the Hebrew word hazon, the meaning of Proverbs 29:18, the word of the Lord was precious in those days, the word of the Lord was rare in those days, where there is no vision the people perish, why you can't hear God's voice
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The Disciple’s Road Bible Study Guide
There is a God. (Psalm 14:1; Psalm 53:1) a. Creation proves His existence: Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1-6; Genesis chapters 1 and 2 b. Rain and fruitful harvests prove His existence: Acts 14:14-17; Matthew 5:43-45 c. The conscience within each individual … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Christ's Birth, Christ's Death, Christ's Miracles, Christ's Resurrection, Creation, Death, Eternity, Evangelism, God's Holiness, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Omnipresence, God's Wrath, God's Foreknowledge, God's Judgment, God's Mercy, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, God's Word, God's Work, Grace, Heaven, Hell, Holiness, Man's Freewill, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Resurrection, Sacrifice, Salvation, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin, Spiritual Gifts, The Gospel, Witnessing
Tagged a study guide for evangelism, a tool for Bible study, a tool for evangelism, a tool for visitation, Bible, christianity, Faith, god, jesus, The Disciple's Road study guide
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Going Backward in Life
“But this I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Bible Study, Choices, Coming Judgment, Counsel, Decisions, Depravity, Desires, Disobedience, Faithfulness, God's Guidance, God's Will, God's Word, Man's Freewill, Obedience, Personal, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Scripture, Sin, The Bible, Trusting In God, Truth
Tagged following your heart, following your own counsel, going backward in life, going backward instead of forward, Is the Bible still relevant for today?
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What Satan Does to the Ministry: Disguise
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #18) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Deception, Demons, Discernment, Doctrine, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Heaven, Hell, Ministry, Missions, Preaching, Salvation, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, The Gospel
Tagged 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, a definition of the gospel, a different gospel, another gospel, beware of false prophets, doctrines of demons, Galatians 1:6-9, let him be accursed, look for the devil in the pulpit, Paul's definition of the gospel, Satan transforms himself into an angel of light, Satan's ministers transform themselves into angels of light
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The Gap Theory
“How Old Is the Earth?” series (post #5) Genesis 1:1 tells us that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. But right on the heels of that we get Genesis 1:2, which tells us that the earth … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Bible Study, Creation, Demons, Dinosaurs, God's Word, Satan, Scripture, Series: "How Old is the Earth?", The Bible, The Devil
Tagged creation, Genesis 1:2 and Isaiah 45:18, Is the gap theory scriptural?, problems with the gap theory, the gap theory, the gap theory and the Scofield study bible, Thomas Chalmers and the gap theory, Was the earth of Genesis 1:1 destroyed?, Was there a pre-Adamic race?, Which famous preachers taught the gap theory?
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Were Adam & Eve Real People?
The attempts to dodge a literal reading of the Genesis account of creation began in earnest with the rise of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and have continued unceasingly ever since. In recent years these attempts have been used by … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Bible Study, Creation, Current Events, Doubt, God's Word, Homosexuality, Marriage, Scripture, The Bible
Tagged Did Adam and Eve really exist?, Genesis, Should we take Genesis chapters 1 and 2 literally?, Were Adam and Eve real people?, what Jesus said about Adam and Eve, what Luke said about Adam, what Paul said about Adam and Eve
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Jesus: The Cosmic Santa Claus
“The Jesus You Know” series (post #5) I was licensed to preach in October of 1992 and formally ordained into the ministry in February of 1993. Upon my ordination, I began my first pastorate. So, if we do the math, … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Belief, Bible Study, Covetousness, Desires, Doctrine, Faith, Giving, God's Will, God's Word, Money, Needs, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Problems, Prosperity, Scripture, Series: "The Jesus You Know", The Bible
Tagged Bible facts that refute the prosperity gospel, Did Jesus heal everybody?, health and wealth preachers, Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, little gods heresy, name it and claim it, possibility thinking, prosperity preachers, Richard Roberts, seed faith giving heresy, the positive confession movement, the prosperity gospel, the word of faith movement, verses health and wealth preachers use, verses prosperity preachers use
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The Disciple's Road 