SETTING THE STAGE In the beginning God spoke all things into being with the mere utterance of his voice. There was not a thing that was made apart from His sovereign decree. One creature, man, was the pinnacle of God’s creation. For man was created in the image and likeness of his creator. God gave […]
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The False Fascinations of Jewish Myths
“Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.” + Titus 1v13b-14 In the context of this passage, Paul is writing to Titus who Paul has left in Crete in order to help establish the […]
The Most Dangerous False Teacher
My church is currently going through book of Titus in our Sunday worship service. I recently had the responsibility to preach two sermons on Titus 1v10-16. Titus 1v10-16 deals with the problem of false teachers and the pastor’s responsibility to rebuke them. Without a doubt false doctrine can cause catastrophic damage to a church or […]
Loved by God
I have begun to discover that the deeper I go into theology, the more simplistic my joy becomes. I am not saying that I find no joy in the thick of theology. What I mean is, the more you go into theology, the more amazing it is that we are loved by God. In the […]
A Blue Collar Gospel
Many Christians in America spend much of their week working. Working hard. Myself included. Work is good, but it is hard. It is hard mentally and physically. Our days are spent working and we go home at night and want to collapse. Just to get up the next day and do it again. Some work […]