Government “Giving”
Now this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease but did not aid the poor and needy. Ezekiel 16:49 This verse (top) is what God’s Word says about the city of Sodom. Does it not describe our nation, too? Usually when…
Read MoreSays Who?
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16 I do not know anyone who does not think that we should be sending aid to Haiti after Hurricane Matthew (though I am sure there are some) or doing…
Read MoreA Mother’s Influence
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:28 Dysfunctional Family Matthew 14 describes a dysfunctional family situation. King Herod has taken his brother’s wife, Herodias, as his own wife. She had a fifteen year old daughter that must have been pretty attractive. Herod…
Read MoreBattle Plan
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 A young woman said to me recently, “I need a battle plan.” She is fighting the demon…
Read MoreA Feast of Words
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4 A good friend of mine was married a few years ago and moved south, making many changes, including having to leave a church she loved and people…
Read MoreHoly Boldness
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1 At the end of a lecture entitled, “Is the Blood of the Martyrs the Seed of the Church?” a man was asked to pray. (You can see the lecture here). One of the things he asked…
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