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Category Archives: Idolatry
Idolatry in Early Bloom (A Word about Youth Sports)
When you are the parent of a child involved in youth sports, you know more than you want to know about gyms, football fields, baseball diamonds, and soccer fields. You know how time consuming those places are. You know how … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Choices, Christian Liberty, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Family, Fatherhood, God's Will, Idolatry, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Priorities, Sports, Worship, Youth
Tagged Christian parents and youth sports, Is it alright to miss church because of a ballgame?, keeping youth sports in right perspective, making a god out of sports, making an idol out of sports, missing church because of travel teams
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My Body, A Temple
I’m well aware that 1 Timothy 4:8 says: “For bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable for all things” (N.K.J.V.). I’m also well aware that overweight Christians love that verse because it seems to dismiss the need for exercise. The fact … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Dieting, Dress and Appearance, Drugs, Gambling, Gluttony, Homosexuality, Idolatry, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Sanctification, Sex, Sin, Temptation, The Heart, The Holy Spirit, The Tongue
Tagged body piercing, Christian hairstyles, Christianity and modest clothing, defiling the temple, How should a Christian dress?, overweight Christians, Should a Christian chew tobacco?, Should a Christian dip snuff?, Should a Christian get a tattoo?, Should a Christian smoke cigarettes?, Should a Christian wear jewelry?
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Temptation’s Cliff
Once there was a man who lived in a mountainous region. The road to his house ran along a steep cliff. When the man set about to hire a coachman, three candidates applied for the position. The man called in the first candidate … Continue reading
Who Are You in Bed With?
“Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am … Continue reading
Posted in God's Chastening, God's Judgment, Idolatry, Influence, Separation, The Sin Unto Death
Tagged God would cast Jezebel into a sickbed, Jezebel in the church of Thyatria, people who committed the sin unto death, rules about Christians eating meat offered to idols, sin leading to death, the false prophetess Jezebel, those who committed adultery with Jezebel, Who was Jezebel in Thyatira?
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Did Paul Go Against James?
Eating meat that had previously been used in the worship of false gods was a major theological debate in the days of the early churches. The pagan priests would kill sacrificial animals, offer them as sacrifices upon the pagan altars … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Christian Liberty, Discernment, Idolatry, Influence
Tagged A Christian doesn't always get to claim his rights, causing a brother to stumble, Did Paul contradict James and the Jerusalem Council?, Is circumcision necessary for salvation?, rules about Christians eating meat offered to idols, Should Christians eat meat offered to idols?, Should Christians keep the Old Testament law?, The Jerusalem Council
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Molech
Worldwide in 2020, Covid-19 claimed the lives of approximately 1.8 million people. In that same time period, there were 11 million deaths from communicable diseases, 8,2 million deaths from cancer, 5.1 million deaths from smoking, 2.5 million deaths from alcohol, … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Children, Current Events, Death, Eternity, God's Wrath, God's Judgment, Hell, Human Life, Idolatry
Tagged Bible verses about Molech, Gehenna, Jerusalem's Gehenna, number of Covid 19 deaths in 2020, numbers of abortions in 2020, sacrificing children to the god Molech, the blood of the innocents, the valley of Hinnom, the valley of the son of Hinnom, where their worms dies not
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Selling Your Soul to the Devil
Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38, N.K.J.V.) The story of Robert Johnson is … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Contentment, Covetousness, Desires, Entertainment, Eternity, God's Will, Hell, Idolatry, Money, Priorities, Satan, Sin, Temptation, The Devil
Tagged Robert Johnson blues legend, Robert Johnson crossroad, selling your soul to the devil, Son House, the 27 club, Willie Brown blues man
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