Sometimes the Bible says that we are supposed to do something that seems difficult or appears to be the exact opposite of what we think we should do. Such is the case in this passage. Luke 5:1–11 (ESV) — 1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Sim

I doubt you have ever seen the word "Leviticus" used as a verb before, have you? Well, now you have. There is a trend that has been going on for a long time and it's getting worse. So many people are using the verses in Leviticus to either attack the people living in sin or attack the people in the church. And neither of these two groups are right in doing so. What do I mean? When certain topics come up such as homosexuality or immigration, people will quote certain verses fr

I just read a post on Facebook where a man was trying to prove that Jesus never taught about hell. It was a very lengthy post filled with many Bible verses and in the comment section below, there were so many people expressing approval or disagreement with the content of his post. Some of the comments that grabbed my attention dealt with questions like "Who told you that?" or "Where did you get that idea from?". As I read through the comments, I recognized truth in some respo

In this post, we will look at the third question which is " If you believe that you are going to heaven, what are you basing that on?" This question focuses on the cause of your salvation and many people get this wrong as illustrated through statements like these... "I am going to heaven because I was baptized" or "I am going to heaven because I prayed the "sinner's prayer"". If you say "I am going to heaven because I...", then the focus is on yourself and your salvation is n

How would you answer these questions? 1) "Do you want to go to heaven?" 2) "Do you believe that you are going to heaven?" 3) "If you believe that you are going to heaven, what are you basing that on?" If I ask these questions to our congregation, I hear many people say "yes" to the first two questions but if I ask this to people outside the church, I hear "yes" to the first question but not always "yes" to the second question. Today, I want you to see the weight of the first

We have been conditioned to find what we are looking for as quickly as possible. Instead of driving to the store, we can look up a product on our phones and see if it is in stock and how much it cost. We can see if there is a wait at our favorite restaurant. We can even shop online and have something delivered the next day. Why? "Because the customer is always right." or at least that is how many people think. But has that same mentality shaped the way that we decide where to

Every Christian is to be an active member in a local church family and one of the ways that we live that out is by using the talents that God has given us in order to build up His church. We call these talents "spiritual gifts" and we have the responsibility of using them to glorify God... however, not everyone does so, do they? I truly believe if we know the answer to the question "Are spiritual gifts mine or God's?", then we will be actively serving God and our church the w