The world would be a better place if peace prevailed more often.  The truth is, the church would be better off as well.  There are three areas where we experience peace as God’s children.  First, we have peace with God.  When one obeys the gospel of Christ, he is justified by faith, resulting in reconciliation […]

Joy comes by realizing how blessed we are in Christ.  The spiritually-minded, Spirit-led Christian rejoices in the Lord always because he understands the true benefits of being a child of God.  In the context of Galatians five, Paul reveals one of those benefits. Galatians 5:18 (ESV) 18  But if you are led by the Spirit, […]

Love is a gigantic word in the realm of Christianity.  We know that without love there would be no Christianity at all.  I am not talking about any kind of love, but God’s love.  Without the love of God, there would be no Savior, and so there would be no salvation.  Without the love of […]

There are two directions we can all walk—after the Spirit or after the flesh, but we cannot do both.  Have you ever seen someone walk backward and forward at the same time?  No, because it is impossible.  Walking after the Spirit and the flesh at the same time is impossible as well.  We must make […]

Submission to authority is something that is not well received in our society today.  We all want to have authority, but few want to submit to it. The idea that we should do something just because someone says so is difficult for us. We just do not like to be told what to do. If […]

There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to the subject of judging others.  Most people who have a small amount of Bible knowledge think that it is always wrong to judge others.  Usually, if one tries to correct someone with such little knowledge of God’s Word, they will say something like, “doesn’t the […]

We have been considering the heart this week.  The biblical heart is the intellectual part of our being, that is, the mind.  It is the center of who we are as Christians. Proverbs 4:23 (ESV) 23  Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. If our hearts are not […]

How often do you find yourself worrying?  We probably all worry at times, but it certainly should not characterize who we are.  If we worry all the time, it demonstrates a lack of faith, which, of course, is a serious heart problem – one that is fatal if it is not rectified.  To make things […]

One of the more dangerous ailments that we can develop physically is anything related to the heart.  The heart, of course, is one of our major organs and we should do all we can to take care of it (eat right, exercise, etc.). Even more critical than our physical heart is our biblical heart (the […]

There is no greater way to influence others than by preaching the gospel to them.  The gospel message is the greatest message the world has ever heard and without it salvation is impossible.  The first thing a person must do to be saved is believe in Jesus. John 14:6 (ESV) 6  Jesus said to him, […]