This modern world is full of busyness; we are definitely an over-stimulated generation. Cable television has well over 1000 stations for us to choose from, and the Internet has millions of websites. When we travel, we carry our cell phones and our laptop computers. No longer does a cell phone only make and receive calls, it also has an electronic organizer, games, a calculator, a clock, a calendar, and internet access — it can even take photos and make videos! Pretty soon our cell phones will wash the dishes and make our beds! Read Entire Post…
What does it mean to be a manly man? Many people today, even preachers in Christian churches, present ultimate manliness as conquering others. To them, a good example of manliness would be Samson. Samson was massively strong physically; on one occasion he killed 1000 men with just the jawbone of a donkey. Another time Samson saw a beautiful woman in the city of Timnah and told his parents to “get her for me as a wife.” “Get her for me” almost sounds like a caveman with a club taking his woman by the hair to his cave! Read Entire Post…
But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:8
Four times in the first 8 verses of James 3, it warns us about our tongues and the words they spew out. He says Human tongues are small, but they cause huge hurt and terrible damage. Physically, it’s true that out tongues are small. They only weigh 2 and ½ ounces and in most adults are less than 3 inches long. (The longest tongue ever recorded was for a man named Stephen Taylor – his tongue was 3.74 inches long – wouldn’t you know that it would be a Taylor!)
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Jesus said, “When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites” (Matthew 6:5ab). In this verse, the Greek word for hypocrite is hupokrites, and was the word the Greeks used for actor. A hypocrite was someone who put on a show and was good at pretending to be someone else. Read Entire Post…
The church that all of us should make sure we are members of is the one described in Hebrews, “But you have come…to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven” (Hebrews 12:22a-23a). Registered literally means “written down on a list; engraved on a registry; enrolled.” This roll in heaven is called “the Lamb’s Book of Life” (Revelation 21:27), and is definitely the list where you need your church membership engraved. You might be on the rolls of various churches you’ve attended, you may have joined and become a member of a local congregation, but the big question is, “When the roll is called up yonder will you be there?” Read Entire Post…
