We had a conversation Sunday during our study of James about what to do when we have sinned, and I want to share those Bible promises that I referenced again here. First, I mentioned a verse that I couldn’t locate right away, but the verse is Jeremiah 17:9 and it says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah reminds us that however righteous we may think we are … Continue reading →
It’s not often I copy and paste from another’s blog but I can’t say it any better and I want to share these thoughts with our CrossHope Chapel fellowship and those considering God’s calling to a simple church ministry. The below words are from a January 29, 2015 post by Ben Gosden, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Savannah, Ga., who blogs at www.mastersdust.com. “5 Things Small Churches Can Uniquely Offer … Continue reading →
The solution to unprovoked firearm violence in our society is not gun control, but self-control. Galatians 5:23 tells us that self-control is the result of the indwelling Spirit of God in one’s life, and without the Holy Spirit there is no control over one’s unbridled sinful behavior. The angry expressions of violence are easily acted upon when the Holy Spirit is not present in a man’s life. When the Holy Spirit is not present, the … Continue reading →
What are we to do when we realize we have made the wrong decision, are going down the wrong path, or have chosen evil over righteousness? Repent. The message of Jesus in Mark 1:15 is as applicable today as it was when He proclaimed, “repent ye, and believe the gospel.” None of us can truly embrace and believe the gospel if we refuse to repent from known convicting sin. The gospel and its good news is … Continue reading →
Q: So when we get into heaven, will we have to literally eat of the tree of life to keep living forever, or is the tree of life a metaphorical object meaning we already have eternal life? A: In Genesis 2:9 and Genesis 3:22 we see that the tree of life seems to offer Adam and Eve a perpetual sustenance of continuous life. Then we see the tree of life again in Revelation 22:2 in … Continue reading →
Last Sunday at CrossHope Chapel we spent a little more time on 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 and the subject of “the man of lawlessness” and who this man could be. I shared a thought I had, but I couldn’t recall if it was from the book of Daniel or a commentator, but the thought I shared was that there is a probable link between the future Ant-Christ and the Romans who destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD. Here … Continue reading →
What does the Bible say about the issue of climate change and global warming, of man destroying the seasons and the earth? In Genesis 8:22 the Creator of the climate says, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease” (ESV). Ignore the environmental worshipers – those who fear creation more than the God who created it – because the Creator of the climate says the … Continue reading →
