Editors note: This post was actually a comment to a reader that believes the “we are gods” mantra. I have added a little more to it in hopes of this being an article worth reading and in the hope… Read More ›
Sin
Flesh vs. Spirit, part IV
Hebrews 4:15 (NAS): For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Matthew 16:24 (NAS): Then Jesus said to His… Read More ›
YOUR ADVOCATE
by Neil Anderson August 10 1 John 2:2 NIV He [Christ] is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world When Mandy came to see me, she… Read More ›
Flesh vs. Spirit, part III
Romans 7:24-25 (NAS): Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the BODY of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 8:1-2 (KJV): There is therefore now no condemnation to them… Read More ›
Yes, the Church Definitely Stinks! Letter to an (Absent but Vocal) Church Critic
[In response to a Facebook post about the sad, sin-plagued state of the church today. Names have been withheld, changed, or translated into Common Eldarin & Westron to avoid offense.] My response: Guilty.As.Charged. Is the capital “C” Church, and are… Read More ›
THE POWER TO CHOOSE
by Neil Anderson July 23 Joshua 24:15 Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve. . . . As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD Adam and Eve’s sin also affected the area… Read More ›
SATAN’S SHOW OF POWER
by Neil Anderson May 4 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline Once I counseled a former high priest of Satanism who desperately wanted… Read More ›
CALLED TO BE A SAINT
by Neil Anderson May 1 1 Corinthians 1:2 To those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours… Read More ›
THE COST OF FORGIVENESS
by Neil Anderson April 30 Matthew 18:35 NIV Forgive your brother from your heart Forgiveness is agreeing to live with the consequences of another person’s sin. Forgiveness is costly; we pay the price of the evil we… Read More ›
THE LUST OF THE EYES
by Neil Anderson April 26 1 John 2:16 The lust of the eyes . . . is not from the Father, but is from the world The second channel of temptation through which Satan came to Adam and… Read More ›
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
by Neil Anderson April 25 1 John 2:16 The lust of the flesh . . . is not from the Father, but is from the world Satan first approached Eve through the channel of the lust of the flesh. He… Read More ›
SATAN’S THREEFOLD TEMPTATION
by Neil Anderson April 24 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but… Read More ›
YOUR LIFE APART FROM GOD
by Neil Anderson April 21 Romans 8:13, 14 If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are… Read More ›
NEW AGE DECEPTION
by Neil Anderson April 19 1 Timothy 2:5 There is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus The fourth unifying factor of the New Age Movement is a cosmic evolutionary optimism… Read More ›
SATAN’S VOICE
by Neil Anderson April 15 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Paul warned us against… Read More ›
SEALED IN HIM
by Neil Anderson April 8 Ephesians 1:13 Having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise After King Saul disobeyed God (1 Samuel 15), we’re told that “the Spirit of the LORD departed from… Read More ›
SEATED WITH CHRIST
by Neil Anderson April 3 Ephesians 2:4-6 God . . . made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in… Read More ›
HOPE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
by Neil Anderson April 1 1 John 3:2, 3 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him,… Read More ›
What Have You Placed At The Foot Of The Cross?
“Our sins twisted the crown of thorns; our sins drove the nails into His hands and feet; on account of our sins His blood was shed. Surely the thought of Christ crucified should make us loathe all sin.” ~J.C. Ryle… Read More ›
WHEN STRONGHOLDS BECOME ENTRENCHED
By Neil Anderson March 27 2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier Once your consideration of… Read More ›
FALSE SELF-CONCEPTS
By Neil Anderson March 21 Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful False self-concepts are very common in people under demonic attack. Many will state that they are different, that… Read More ›
Bad Bosses and Irritating People, part I
“For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a… Read More ›
NO LONGER UNDER OBLIGATION
By Neil Anderson March 17 Romans 6:6 Our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin Why did the old self need to… Read More ›
Satanism, New Age Beliefs, and Being Your Own god: The Road to Hell
Following is a comment I received from a Satanist on one of my posts and my answer to him. Is it the case that Christianity casts all human individuals as “evil” to place the individual into a lifetime of servitude… Read More ›
FREE TO LIVE
By Neil Anderson February 24 Galatians 5:18 If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law Paul said that walking according to the Spirit is not license: an excessive or undisciplined freedom constituting an abuse… Read More ›
KEEPING AN HONEST ACCOUNT
By Neil Anderson February 19 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. We deceive ourselves when we say we have no sin. The… Read More ›
THE BATTLE OF THE MIND
By Neil Anderson February 18 Romans 7:25; 8:1 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! . . . There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 7:22, 23, pinpoints… Read More ›
A STRUGGLING SAINT
By Neil Anderson February 17 Romans 7:15 I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate Perhaps the most vivid description of the contest with sin which goes… Read More ›
THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN
By Neil Anderson February 15 Revelation 12:10 The accuser of our brethren . . . who accuses them before our God day and night Next to temptation, perhaps the most frequent and insistent attack from Satan to which… Read More ›
AN EVERLASTING LOVE
By Neil Anderson February 14 Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness One night I came home from work and my wife Joanne met me at the… Read More ›