A Very Special Thanksgiving Invitation

A chance for all Christians to come together in prayer:  NEW YORK, November 1, 2007–You and your family are invited to begin this Thanksgiving by signing a very special pledge–to pray for the end of extreme poverty: To offer The Counting Prayer each and everyday until the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are met. The Counting [...]

Top Ten Bible Verses Used On-Line

I received this in an e-mail last week. Thought I’d share it with you:  1. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 2. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word [...]

Whose Lover Are You? – James 4:1-10

Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask [...]

The Kingdom of Heaven is like…

While it is true that our Triune God is all loving and merciful, He is also righteous and just. And He also expects His children to be merciful, as in this description of the kingdom: “That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his [...]

A Post for my friend kermittheagnostic

I wanted to define these words here so we can reference them more easily agnostic- someone who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God exists. knowledge- familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through *experience, or study; *this includes both empirical material and that [...]

Teaching In Wisdom: James 3:13-18

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. Wisdom of this kind does not come down from above but [...]

Luke 11:32

“At the judgement the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”   Imagine if you will, a man standing in the street shouting, “Repent! Repent! Or in 40 days God’s judgement will come upon you.” Depending [...]

Controlling The Tongue: James 3:1-12

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not fall short in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body also. If we put bits into the mouths of [...]

Faith? Works? Or Faith And Works! : James 2:14-26

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well”, but [...]