If you asked a group of Christians this question, you quite possibly would get a variety of different answers. Most would say of course God is good. But then there would be some that have a little bit of doubt in their mind. They think, “well I am sure for the most part He’s good,
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Should Led Zeppelin Lead Worship?
There was a question that was asked in one of the Facebook group’s I’m in, that I found quite important. The person in the group had this question: As I looked at some of the comments, which some were spot on, it seemed some thought that the question was not about how do you say
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You Had To Be There
With the invention of the internet came the wonderful ability to reach across time and space and preach the Gospel to those who physically can’t be at the location where the message is being given at that time and place. We now have the ability to reach those all the way around the world with
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The Collision of Culture & Christianity
The relationship between culture and faith has always been an issue for Christians. The devil is always trying to get Christians to compromise their faith – to confess Jesus with their lips and deny Him with their actions. In fact, the books of 1 Corinthians and Galatians are written specifically to tell Christians how to
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Why Change Your Thinking
I live in Oklahoma just right outside of Tulsa. When I think of how long it takes for me to get to church or to work or into Tulsa, I always have this set amount of minutes. That’s because I’ve done it so much I know how long it takes, with or without traffic. I
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The Lies We Believe
What would happen if I would go to your school or your work and start telling everyone that you were a liar? I’d tell them that you lied to me, my family, your friends, your family. I’d tell them that you lied about this and that, big and small. And I would do this day
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Keep Standing
I was skimming through the radio the other day, and my attention was caught on this secular radio station with these people talking. One of the DJs was saying that he thought it was brave for a person to go out and eat by themselves at a restaurant on Friday or Saturday night after 8
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Stay Focused
When I was a kid, I would play volleyball with my neighbor’s grandkids. My neighbor was an elderly woman and every now and then her grandkids would come over and we would play volleyball across the fence. The fence that separated our yards was the kind with the jagged spikes on the top. I’m not
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Why George Clooney Won’t Get His Prayer Answered
Back in September, actor George Clooney published a short “prayer” in The Daily Beast. The prayer reads as follows: I pray that we can find more that unites us than divides us. I pray that our nation’s leaders want to do the same. I pray that young children like Tamir Rice can feel safe in
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The Devil’s Haunted House
Haunted Houses are big at this time of year. People like to be scared. But there’s real fears out there that go beyond monsters and all the things associated with Halloween. There’s fear of failure, fear of the future, fear of classmates. The list can go on and on. These fears have their root in
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The Fisherman’s Field Guide To Fishin (Or What To Do Instead of Fishing
The Bible talks about ‘Fishers of Men,’ but Jesus said that to fishermen. The majority of Christians aren’t fishermen. Yet we still try to take this concept of being fishers of men and apply it to witnessing and sometimes, just sometimes, we focus on this concept of the “bait we use.” However, Jesus was
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Life & Death Are In The Power Of The Song
What you confessed is what you possess. It may sound like a catchy tune, and it is. But it’s also a Biblical truth. The Bible says that life and death are in the power of the tongue as those that love it will eat of it. The Bible also says, “Not what goes into the
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