Ecclesiastes 12:10

  You remember in school when they taught you about the states of matter. How water can exist as solid, a liquid or a gas.  It’s still water but has very different properties and behaves in very different ways depending on the state it is in.  I guess it is a lot like religion in that way.   Some religious are liquid.  They are very fluid.  They move accordingly when the world tilts right or left.  While they have a form of substance, but that substance is shaped by whatever surrounds it.  They conform to the world. ( Romans 12:1-2; Colossians 2:23 )   Some religious are gas like.  They are just a lot of air.  They can only be felt and contain nothing solid.  They drift from here to there, and unless you’re paying close attention, you would never even notice that they are there.  On occasion, the air gets really hot but that is something else entirely. ( Ephesians 4:14, 5:6 )   Then some religion is ...

  I’ve had people argue with me (maybe better said at me), that the church can’t exclude anyone. Now I not talking about checking IDs at the door before worship services, but rather that a person must remain in the fellowship no matter the actions that are involved in.  Since we all are sinners, it would be the height of hypocrisy for us to suggest that someone in error could be kept away. It wouldn’t be loving! No real Christian would ever make a stand that might keep someone from being a part of the saints.   However the Bible is full or reason to exclude someone from the church, such as; A person that lives disorderly and refuses to work to provide for themselves (2 Thessalonians 3:6-10) One that causes division and hindrances (Romans16:17) A person that refuses to repent of sin (Matthew 18:17) A person engaged in obvious immoral behavior (1 st Corinthians 5:11-13) Those that claim Christianity yet exhibits very non-Christian behavior (2 nd Timot...

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12   There is a war on against Christianity. Not one in the media or even from any political or national source. It is the one that has been going on from the beginning lead by the Devil.  It is a battle for the hearts and minds of every soul on this planet (2 Corinthians 10:3 -5). The devil uses any means to create doubt, cause delay and get us to ignore the truth of God word.  Let’s examine some of those he uses to do just that: Private I nterpretation This lowly one may not seem like he couldn’t do much damage, but looks can be deceiving. When private interpretation comes into play he causes the authority of God’s Word to come into question.  What is clearly said in the text can be twisted into what I think it says.  Since there ar...

  You may have seen the recent commercial by the Ad Council  that tells us love has no limits.  It shows people behind an x-ray screen embracing only showing their skeletal outlines.  The people emerge from the behind to reveal they are a same sex couple, to a cheering crowd.  The scene is redone with people of different races, religions and ages.  Each one is accompanied by the lines; love has no gender, love has no race, love has no disability, love has no religion, love has no labels.  The ad campaign claims to combat what is seen as bias in our world today.   It got me to thinking about how the world is trying to redefine love. We hear the argument in our world to today; How a person can be against two people who love one another? To try to put limits on love is wrong.   But how does the Bible label love? Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbe...

  The Principia, is a three-volume series of mathematical proofs by Isaac Newton about his laws of gravity and motion. It’s what we base calculus on.  The Principia is one of the greatest works in the history of science and has been studied by legions of scientists, mathematicians, and professors for the last three centuries.    If anything were wrong with it surely someone would have noticed the mistake by now!   That’s exactly what Robert Garisto thought.  Garisto was a student working on a paper for a history of science class, when he noticed that Newton had mistakenly plugged the wrong number into an equation to find the mass of the Earth (Newton had used 10.5 seconds in his write-up, but 11 in the actual problem).  Garisto didn't think much of the error when he found it -- he assumed it had been put in there intentionally by his instructor, and that spotting it was part of the assignment.  It wasn’t, the instructor didn’t even...

   They say you should never watch a legal drama with a lawyer or medical show with a doctor; they just can’t get over all the little things that are wrong.  I guess you can say the same thing about a preacher.  I’m probably insufferable to be around when people talk the Bible and religion in public forums.  If it is movies about the Bible or TV shows referencing scripture, it always amazes me how many details they get wrong.  It isn't just the media that does it.  Sometimes it is people that are attempting to preach and teach. The “pastor” in a funeral that called Lazarus Jesus’ cousin. The devotional message that referenced the blind man Jesus healed on the way to the cross.  The Bible verse that isn't a Bible verse (God helps those that help themselves?). When they says “it says in the Bible” when it never comes close to saying that.       I’ll be the first to say (and show) that sometimes speakers misspeak.  W...