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4Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. 5“Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.” 6Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.Continue reading “Is Hell Fair?”

We hear a lot about salt these days but mostly how it’s bad for you. Salt is important to the human body. It helps with nerves and muscles and it is used with fluids like tears. We can’t survive without salt and we each contain several salt shakers’ worth of salt in our body. WeContinue reading “Salt = Who You Are”

What makes a man or a woman justified in the eyes if God? Is it? Talking to a Christian friend about Jesus? Gathering with other believers regularly? Reading the Bible daily? Praying and listening to God’s voice and obeying quickly what He says? Asking forgiveness daily? Worshipping God daily in your home? Listening to ChristianContinue reading “Justified”

As a Christian, I should be looking a lot like Jesus. What did He look like? He spent time at the synagogue. He served others. He spent a lot of time with the Father in prayer. He spent a lot of time with other believers. He spent time with unbelievers. He loved people. I’m soContinue reading “Looking Like Jesus”

Most people believe that if you are a good person, you go to heaven when you die and if you’re a bad person, you go to hell when you die. This makes sense. Good belongs in a good place in bad belongs in a bad place. That’s not scriptural, though. Being good doesn’t get youContinue reading “Is the Door to Heaven Narrow or Wide?”

God wants us to take care of our temples so that we can be his hands and feet, but this crosses the line. You may see nonsense like this. Normally I would skip over stuff I don’t agree with, but this time I could not. When a church leader is promoting this kind of self-centeredContinue reading “Self Care What?”

You may have heard this expression before and I guess it means pray a lot. Do we? Do I? I have to admit, I fall short. I want God to be my best friend, but things sometimes get in the way. Even sometimes I’m too busy doing God’s work. Sometimes we feel like we don’tContinue reading “Pray Like Crazy”

It may be you. There are some things that we don’t talk about in the church, yet it affects the church a lot. In the United States, 1 in 5 women have experienced rape or attempted rape. A third of the women experienced it between the ages of 11 to 17. Source Men also haveContinue reading “You Are Probably Talking to Someone who Has Been Abused”

In every battle, commanders send out spies to check out what they are up against and/or to take action on behalf of the attacking forces. We have that going on in the church too. New Age pastors have infiltrated the church, and they are on Christian TV, in Christian magazines, and even have books onContinue reading “Witchcraft Influences on the Church”

My church operates on the DMM, disciple making movement. Every week we meet in small groups in a home, restaurant, or on zoom, depending on where we live. The disciple making movement is a mission field strategy and is highly effective and reproducible. Here is how it works: there are seven questions that you baseContinue reading “Starting a Lighthouse”