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7 Don’ts For Social Media
Facebook. YouTube. Instagram. Twitter. TikTok. Snapchat. Pinterest. Twenty years ago, who could have dreamed that these names would become as much a part of the younger generation’s world as Woolworth’s, Sears, Texaco, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Pan Am, Kodak, and Polaroid were … Continue reading
Beware of the Dead Snake
Forty-year-old Jeremy Sutcliffe of Corpus Christi, Texas, made national news a couple of years ago when he almost died from a rattlesnake bite. Even more than being featured on the news, the story also received mention on the channels Animal … Continue reading
Posted in Demons, Discernment, Personal Holiness, Prophecy, Repentance, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation, The Devil
Tagged Can the severed head of a snake still bite?, Gehenna the lake of fire, Jeremy Sutcliffe, Jesus bruised Satan's head, man bitten by the severed head of a snake, the devil being cast into the lake of fire, the serpent of old
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Is It Sin Or Not?
One morning a boy was dressing for school. He picked up a shirt that was lying around and asked his mother, “Mom, is this shirt dirty?” Without even looking at the shirt, the mother answered, “Yes, it’s dirty; put on … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Decisions, Discernment, Entertainment, God's Will, Inner Peace, Personal, Personal Holiness, Sin
Tagged free passes to Dollywood, how to decide about questionable things, Is this a sin or not?, Let each person be fully convinced in his own mind, Whatever is not from faith in sin
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Gluttony
Our family feasted yesterday for our Thanksgiving meal. My wife, Tonya, is an excellent cook and she prepared her annual buffet: turkey, mashed potatoes, cream corn, dressing, macaroni and cheese, slaw, crescent rolls, pumpkin pie, cheese cake, etc. She also … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Dieting, Gluttony, Personal Holiness, Prosperity, Thanksgiving, The Old Testament Law
Tagged examples of feasting in the Bible, he is a glutton and a drunkard, Is gluttony a sin?, the difference between feasting and gluttony, the Greek word phagos, the Hebrew word zalal, what the Bible teaches about gluttony
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Does Moral Failure Disqualify a Person From God’s Service?
(“Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #3) After Moses became the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, he spent the first forty years of his life riding high. Acts 7:22 says: “And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Deacons, God's Work, Ministry, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Preaching, Sin
Tagged Does moral failure disqualify a person from ministry?, Moses killed an Egyptian, Moses knew God wanted him to deliver the Israelites, Moses thought the Israelites would understand, Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Moses was mighty in words and deeds
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What Two Monks Can Teach Us About Sin
There’s an old story that tells of a senior monk and a junior monk who were making their way from one monastery to another. It was a pleasant enough walk until they came to a certain crossing site at a … Continue reading
Bronze Shields in Place of Gold Shields
The reign of King Solomon’s son Rehoboam was fairly doomed from the start. On the one hand, many in Israel had grown weary not only of Solomon’s system of taxation (1 Kings 4:7) but also the labor force Solomon required … Continue reading
Spiritual Leaders & Preachers’ Kids (post #1 of 2)
Maybe you’ve heard about the recent troubles of Jerry Falwell Jr. After a string of scandals, he has now been ousted as the President of Liberty University, the school his father founded. The whole story has given Christianity yet another … Continue reading
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Tagged Giancarlo Granda, Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal, Jesus Fernandez Jr., Michael Cohn, spiritual leaders and scandals, Trailer Park Boys yacht party, Why do preachers' kids turn out bad?
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Filthy Rags or Potter’s Clay?
But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6-7, N.K.J.V.) The Hebrew adjective translated as … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Commitment, Current Events, Discipleship, Faithfulness, God's Holiness, God's Wrath, God's Judgment, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Prophecy, Repentance, Service, Sin
Tagged all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags, Is American experiencing God's judgment?, we are all like an unclean thing, when God gives you up
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