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Category Archives: Rebellion
Should Women Wear Head Coverings?
Did you know that various Christian denominations around the world require women to wear head coverings in church? Some denominations even extend the requirement to settings outside the church. As for what type of covering the women wear, that depends … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Church, Discernment, Dress and Appearance, Headship, Husbands, Marriage, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Rebellion, Submission, Wives, Worship
Tagged a wife's submission, bobbed hair, did Jesus have short hair?, head coverings, headship of the husband, is it right for a man to have long hair?, is it right for a woman to have short hair?, men and short hair, women and long hair, women wearing head coverings
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Righteousness & You
“The Beatitudes” series: (post #4) “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6, N.K.J.V.) With the fourth Beatitude from Matthew’s account of The Sermon on the Mount, we come to another difference … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Backsliding, Belief, Bible Study, Change, Church Attendance, Confession, Discipleship, Doing Good, Drugs, Evangelism, Giving, Money, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Righteousness, Salvation, Sanctification, Series: "The Beatitudes", Stewardship, The Sermon On The Mount, Witnessing
Tagged Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, imparted righteousness, practicing righteousness, What does it mean to hunger and thirst after righteousness?
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God Is Watching
It was lunchtime at a Catholic elementary school, and a large pile of apples was placed on a tray at the head of the long table upon which the food was placed. A note posted on the tray read: “Take … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Character, Choices, Conscience, Decisions, Disobedience, Doing Good, God's Omnipresence, Man's Freewill, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Sin
Tagged conduct, God is spirit, God's Omnipresence, godliness, Holiness, How can God be everywhere at the same time?, Sin
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“Lord, Send Us Rattlesnakes”
Once upon a time there was a family of backslidden church members. The family consisted of a father and three sons. They had all once been very active in church but lately had fallen away completely. Many people visited the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Backsliding, Church Attendance, Discipline, Disobedience, Obedience, Parenting, Personal Holiness, Prayer Requests, Rebellion, Repentance, Sin
Tagged affliction, Backslidding, chastisement, disciplining, God shows tough love, how to pray for a backslidden Christian, Lord send us rattlesnakes, Obedience, rattlesnakes, Repentance, why God chastistes His children
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A Path That Won’t Lead You Back
In moonshine country, a revenuer once asked a boy, “Son, will that path take me to your daddy’s still?” The boy answered, “Yes, but it won’t bring you back.” Life has some paths like that. They will take you to … Continue reading
My Runaway Child
One night, when my son Royce was eight years old, my wife Tonya had to chaperon a school dance for a couple of hours. That left me at home with not only Royce but also his older brother Ryan, who … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Belief, Children, Christ's Death, Corporal Punishment, Depravity, Disobedience, Family, Fatherhood, Forgiveness, Humor, Parenting, Personal, Rebellion, Salvation, Sin, Spanking
Tagged a child running away from home, Adam and Eve hiding, Disobedience, Fatherhood, sin nature, Spanking
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The Disciple's Road 