This past Sunday at CrossHope Chapel we looked at Matthew 19 and were encouraged that although some may try to distract our eyes from the mission, if we keep our eyes on Jesus we will stay the course. I’m referring to the scene in Matthew 19:1-12 where the Pharisees used the ploy of the delicate topic of divorce to try to sidetrack Jesus from His mission by hoping to get Him in trouble with Herod … Continue reading →
I am beginning to wonder if Satan is hijacking our political outrage as a scheme to take our eyes off the Lord, the coming Kingdom of Heaven, and what Scripture warns us about end-time deceptions. Thanks to social media, I am seeing some of my minister friends getting obsessed with the current political situation in Washington and sounding almost exclusively like politicians on a campaign trail and not like gospel workers in a lost world. … Continue reading →
Americans tend to think of themselves as independent, being free thinkers who choose to exercise their own political decisions. When we side with one political view over the other we generally find ourselves accused of not being independent and not thinking for ourselves. It’s an argument that is not easily confronted because political views are often emotionally held. Unless, one applies the test of Scripture… The test of Scripture that I’m referring to is John … Continue reading →
Recently, the American public has been shocked and sadden by New York and Virginia’s plunge into creating a legal right to kill babies at birth. We’ve been disgusted with our own National government’s funding of the killing of babies through the abortion giant, Planned Parenthood. Before I share a prophetic perspective on our national decree to kill innocent children, allow me to pause and remind anyone who has ever had an abortion that you are … Continue reading →
Evil is becoming common place in our society and it challenges us to wonder why. When we open the Bible we can find help in making sense of evil. In Isaiah 14:11-15 and Ezekiel 28:11-15, we understand that evil was birthed in the free-will heart of a created angel named Lucifer who is now known as Satan, and who has brought his war against God to the human family. In 1 John 3:8 we read that “For … Continue reading →
No lives matter to Satan and his followers. Those who follow him may not walk around conscientiously declaring their allegiance to satanic forces, but their own behavior declares it. John 10:10 tells us that Satan is not interested in tolerance, peace, or our pursuit of happiness. Satan is out “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” while Jesus has come “that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” So how should … Continue reading →
