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By Their Fruit

fruitIdeas have consequences
Bad ideas give birth to bad fruit
Good ideas bring forth good fruit
By their fruit you shall know them

Today we talk about ideas that have been proposed by philosophers and academicians. These ideas have given birth to unbelievable pain and misery in our world.
They have brought forth the fruit of death and destruction. Pitting groups of people against each other they have personally profited by the division they provoke. View full article »

Christ in All

Christ in allIn Christ

Colossians 3:11 “In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.”

God intended for His body, the church, to display the great diversity that exists among all the cultures and ethnicities of the globe. Our Lord did not come to save just one nation- no, He came to save His chosen from every nation and tongue on the planet.
Our task is to extend this message of grace and love everywhere we go. View full article »

Jesus Has Come

God with usJesus Has Come

O come O Come Emmanuel
And Ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel will come to you O Israel

Black plague, Islamic invasions into Spain, marauding bands of Viking raiders hitting the northern parts of the land. Insecurity and fear.
8th century Europe was locked in what we now refer to the Dark ages. Disease, war and death were on everyone’s horizon. Economic systems kept most people in squalid conditions in cities and towns. View full article »

Competing interestsCompeting Interests

On Thursday I read an editorial against the Mississippi law that doesn’t allow doctors to kill babies after 15 weeks of pregnancy. I am sure you have heard that the Supreme Court is hearing a case brought to them on the constitutionality of this law.

This case has great potential to be the death of Roe vs. Wade in the United States and perhaps will turn the regulation of baby killing back to the states.
We need to pray that the Lord intervenes for these precious little children in this regard. View full article »

Growing in Grace

Serve othersGrowing in Grace

Paul saw his whole identity as a Christian as summed up in being a serving slave of Jesus Christ.
Most of his epistles begin with a simple statement of introduction: Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ. Our Lord Himself took on the form of a servant being made in the likeness of men. He did not come to be served, but rather to serve and give His life as a ransom for sin.

The word “serve” in the Bible translates a Greek word: diakonia. From this word we get the English transliteration: Deacon. View full article »

Thugs and Bullies

ExodusThugs and Bullies

The only thing that triumphed on Friday in Kenosha, Wisconsin was justice.
It is tragic that two men lost their lives.
It is tragic that that a third was wounded.
It is tragic that Kyle Rittenhouse will bear the scars and wounds of memories from that fateful night for the rest of his life.
It is tragic that numerous property owners were violated and lost livelihoods’ and hard earned property. Sadly, all of it was preventable. View full article »

By Faith

FaithThe Just Shall Live by Faith

Romans 1:17

Indulgences
Purgatory
95 Theses

In an age driven by experience and feeling more than by truth; the Reformation seems to most people like much ado about nothing.
To many, the essence of religion is the experiential feeling of the Divine. Creeds and confessions, liturgies and Scripture all seem too binding and divisive.
The motto quickly becomes: “Nor creed but Christ.” View full article »