As I have shared before, I like preaching and teaching that is direct. I love teaching that doesn’t beat around the bush but simply lays it out as truth, no matter how “harsh” it may seem. I want to be convicted and challenged at church by our pastor and by anything that I read. This is why I loved Debi Pearl’s book so much. She spanked me with her words! I needed it. I needed truth far more than I…
Everyone now knows what happens in the month of June. It’s gay pride month, and we will be seeing it celebrated all over the place. I walked into Target the other day, and there was a huge display right when I walked in. How are we, as believers in Jesus Christ, to respond to this? For one thing, don’t allow it to steal your joy. The joy of the Lord is your strength. Every single time you see anything related…
Sometimes, it’s difficult understanding the depths of wickedness and godlessness happening in our nation today. These verses will help you understand. “Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.” (2 Timothy 3:8,9) “Yea, and all that will live godly in…
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves…” (2 Timothy 3:1). I believe those perilous times are here. Many are teaching women to love themselves. They NEED to learn to love themselves. This will cure them of all of their woes, so they claim. How does loving ourselves help us at all? God never commands that we love ourselves. The two greatest commands are to love Him…
Every night before I go to sleep, I listen to a preacher. I have listed some of them in my Instagram saved stories. I love learning from men who love God and His Word. Last night, I listened to John MacArthur preach to the men at The Master’s Seminary about Fortitude. It was an excellent sermon. I will summarize some of it here. Twenty five million children have no biological father in their lives. There are 73 million children in…
“For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things” (Philippians 3:18,19). There is a lot of talk about shaming others these days. It’s difficult to teach any biblical truths without some accusing me of shaming others who disobey these biblical truths. When I read…
This was written by my pastor. “So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 This last month has been especially challenging as we have experienced the deaths of several members and family of members. As I have met with families, prepared funeral services, and been involved in officiating them, I have once again been reminded of some biblical truths that we don’t often think about in our daily lives….
In our over 41 years of marriage, we have never had boundaries. No, we didn’t have boundaries about privacy when using the restroom. We are considerate of each other. If one walks in on the other, it’s no big deal. We would never get angry about this. We didn’t have boundaries with our parents. They knew they were welcome in our home whenever they wanted to come over. My 91 year old dad stops by often and unannounced. We have…
There is a video that clearly shows the differences between males and females. I will briefly summarize the videos findings here. The average skeletal muscle of females is 46.2 lbs. The average skeletal muscle of males 72.7 lbs. Men have stronger bone structure, a slightly bigger heart, and far higher testosterone levels, ten times the amount. Zuby, a UK based rapper, broke the British women’s weightlifting records, and he’s not even a power weight lifter. Those who want to be…
Our pastor taught us that “The Bible is a better interpreter than any commentary. Scripture is truly the greatest interpreter of Scripture.” This is so true! Many are so good at twisting Scripture to say what they want it to say rather than examining the context of the passage and cross referencing it with other verses to find out the author’s intent and what the author actually meant. Let’s take a look at a verse and how many take it…