Category Archives: Sin

You Are a Sinner

Posted on November 13, 2017 by russellmckinney

“Salvation” series (post #4) Now that we have determined that there is a God and that He is perfectly holy, we are ready to turn our attention to ourselves. That’s why I’ve entitled this 4th post in the “Salvation” series … Continue reading →

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Fall & You

Posted on October 16, 2017 by russellmckinney

One look out my window today here in the mountains of western North Carolina proves that Fall has arrived. I’ve already got a yard full of dead leaves that have officially made the “fall” from their trees to the ground, … Continue reading →

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What Sin Costs the Christian

Posted on August 25, 2017 by russellmckinney

New Testament Christianity teaches that salvation comes by way of faith (belief) in Jesus Christ. John 3:16 can’t be much clearer: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should … Continue reading →

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3 Quick Reminders about Homosexuality

Posted on August 21, 2017 by russellmckinney

One of the rationalizations that homosexuals use for their sin is, “If homosexuality is a sin, why didn’t Jesus preach against it?” The implication of this question is that all those “non-Jesus” Bible passages that condemn homosexuality aren’t as perfectly … Continue reading →

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My Anger Management Plan

Posted on June 12, 2017 by russellmckinney

One day a wife asked her husband, “Why don’t you play golf with George anymore?” The husband answered, “Would you play golf with a man who moves the ball and puts down the wrong score while you’re not looking?” The … Continue reading →

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The Elderly Woman

Posted on May 22, 2017 by russellmckinney

My previous post was the first of a two-part series on the Bible’s description of the ideal elderly man and woman. This description is found in Titus 2:1-5, and with that first post I covered the passage’s description of the … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Deprived Harvests

Posted on May 16, 2017 by russellmckinney

Judges 6:1-6 describes a pitiful situation. An alliance army of the Midianites, the Amalekites, and some other unnamed “people of the East” (referring to the lands located east of Canaan) was absolutely terrorizing the Israelites as the Israelites tried to make … Continue reading →

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God Sent? Or God Allowed and Used?

Posted on April 29, 2017 by russellmckinney

Somewhere along the way in my ministry, I picked up a daily devotion book written by Phillips Brooks. Brooks was a famous Episcopalian pastor in the Boston area in the 1800s. In the devotion for May 2, he writes: Faith … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Had to Lose His Eyes to See

Posted on March 28, 2017 by russellmckinney

It’s a shame that many people won’t become spiritually broken unless some type of tragedy happens to them. Samson is a classic case in point. He was Israel’s strongman, the champion of the tribe of Dan and the slayer of … Continue reading →

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“Nobody killed me. I had a wreck.”

Posted on March 22, 2017 by russellmckinney

Twenty-five-year-old Jamie Peavy had a job working at a barbecue restaurant. One day, after work, she got in her pickup and drove to meet a friend. She tried a new route that day, thinking it would be a shortcut. What … Continue reading →

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