I was reading in 2 Kings chapter 5 recently and was blown away (again) by the story of Naaman and the little Israeli girl held captive by old Naaman and his wife. This little girl was obviously far away from… Read More ›
Christianity
Continuing temptation – Continuing sin!!
Well – looking at it from a purely human aspect ‘temptation’ has been around for years and years from creation really and it will continue to plague us until Jesus comes again – pretty sad turn of events I’d say… Read More ›
God’s Ministry Of Darkness
by Neil Anderson October 21 God’s Ministry Of Darkness 2 Corinthians 4:11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh… Read More ›
The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
by Neil Anderson Under Spiritual Attack 1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons A seminary student stopped by my office… Read More ›
Can you be born an atheist? (No)
From time to time, on twitter, I will be periodically “attacked” by atheists in their usual intrusive and unwelcome manner. They care not about the nature of their comments as they seek only to discredit, argue or persecute those who… Read More ›
God Loves YOU!
You have probably heard this over and over, that it no longer penetrates into your heart. It’s hard to be moved by something when you don’t feel it. There are moments when hearing isn’t always enough. Sometimes you need to… Read More ›
Glory, Praise, and Worship
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Glory to God in the highest at all times, in all places, in all things. Receive not God’s glory unto yourself, for you are but a servant. Praise to the One, the One who leads in… Read More ›
Faith Child – Struggle with a critical spirit
Lately, with schedule pressures, forgetfulness and physical infirmity and weakness, I unwittingly within a short time adopted a critical spirit until I realized how it has changed my perspective of most everything I had to make decision on and my… Read More ›
Joseph and Israel, Jesus and the Jew: Genesis 47:28-31
Pre-1967 borders are often proposed as a part of a “land for peace” deal. Jacob lived for seventeen more years after he arrived in Egypt. When he was 147 it was near the time for Israel to die. He called… Read More ›
I wish…
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I wish there was no more war I wish all people would learn to get along with each other I wish love were not used as a word that means nothing I wish Christ was… Read More ›
The Christian’s Magna Charta
This an excellent devotional on defending oneself from Satan. We all need to be strong in the Creator of our faith… by Neil Anderson Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might… Read More ›
Rapture and Tribulation
What is the rapture? The rapture is when Christ will come back to take His Church, as he promised. He will the take the Church into Heaven. What is His “Church”, exactly? It’s every person on the earth that is… Read More ›
Cards, Gifts, Flowers…
Either somebody died, sombody is ill, or somebody has a BIG birthday coming up. It’s the latter and it’s me. 60…oof. Really? There I said it. I’ve been anticipating this since July when my family had a party for me, which was… Read More ›
reservoirs and hosepipes
Water. It’s vital. Jesus said to the woman, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst — not ever. The water I give will be an artisan spring within,… Read More ›
Selfless love
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Love is an awesome thing. We all desire love and to be loved. Love has a not so good side to it as well. Why do we love, what is the reason behind it? Many things are… Read More ›
Has Intelligent Design Helped Science?
While there are often many denials of Intelligent Design being “science” in any significant way, I would like to focus on only one of the arguments that I hear offered somewhat regularly. That is, that ID is a “science stopper”… Read More ›
How Is It That There Are Divisions In The Church? The Answer Is Simple!
How can it be that there are divisions in The Church? And when I refer to The Church here, I speak of the Universal Church, The Body Of Christ. Well, I was reading John 17 today, “The High Priestly Prayer”… Read More ›
The Illusion
I grew up in the 80′s. Before David Blaine and Chris Angel there was David Copperfield. Over the course of several prime time specials he made the Statue of Liberty disappear, walked through the Great Wall of China and escaped… Read More ›
Dim Sum – Banquets
Once on an assignment to China, our team had a surprise invitation from one of our host affiliate’s staff. It was his wedding banquet and we were invited to his home which was two and a half hours’ car ride… Read More ›
Compliments and Criticism—The Difference May Surprise You
by Wayne Stiles http://www.waynestiles.com/compliments-and-criticism-the-difference-may-surprise-you/#more-4020 The trouble with most of us,” someone once said, “is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”That’s really true. Go ahead, ruin me. (Photo by diego_cervo, via Vivozoom ) The truth is, we… Read More ›
Words From Carl The Muse
Some Words From: Carl The Muse It takes some drought to truly appreciate the rain and its takes some hurting to help you endure the pain but after the drought and the pain comes the sunshine and the rain…. Read More ›
Blessed Are They Who Mourn…
Today’s guest post is written by Lisa, in her own words she says, “The Art of Pursuit is made up of snapshots of my journey as a 20-something single Christian woman following hard after God” . You can read more… Read More ›
Prayer Request for ChristianBlessings and its reach
Reblogged from ChristianBlessings: Folks with renewed focus and a request for Corporate Prayer I have updated Our Prayer http://ptl2010.com/our-prayer/ with the following: It is my (ptl2010) fervent personal wish and encouragement to all involved as Contributor or reader… Read More ›
A Question That Changes Everything
In 2003, I was named President of Thomas Nelson. It was an extremely busy time. I made some major changes to my executive team and had two vacant positions. As a result, I essentially had three jobs. Photo courtesy of… Read More ›
A Life of Wisdom: The Beginning of Knowledge
Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” You are on a journey. The decisions that you make, great or small, will have the possibility of having a long-term impact on you, your family, and… Read More ›
How to Love Like Jesus — Living Water and the Fluid Life: John 4:40
Photo by Carnie Lewis, Creative Commons …when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. John 4:40 How Jesus Loved People Jesus was on his way to Galilee when He encountered… Read More ›
God????
(Photo credit Wikipedia) Who is God and why do I need Him? I’m just fine on my own! I will worry about God later, much later. I have plenty of time to worry about “getting right with God”…. Read More ›
My Free Copyright
A short time ago, I realized that I had a problem. The service I use to copyright what is posted on this site and my other two sites, namely MyFreeCopyright…lost everything. All the copyright files, all gone. I was really… Read More ›
Blessed Are The…
Sermon on the Mount painted by Ivan Makarov 1889 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit… Read More ›
Is condemning the fallen bad for the Church?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John 3:17). Everybody stumbles and everybody fall sometimes; including the most pious among us. However, as Christians we routinely ignore these fundamental biblical facts, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)… “There is none righteous,… Read More ›