Crowd
“The crowd (pick a crowd, any crowd) is a terrible substitute for God. We desire God (and the desire for God is innate because we are...
Attachments
" 'In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all of own possessions' (Luke 10:33). The...
Daily Bread
“Give us this day our daily bread.”…Daily is a misleading translation of the Greek epiousios, which is literally “above the essence” or...
Honor
“In our culture, love has often been reduced – even abused in its over-definition. Almost totally lacking, however, is a practice of...
Light
“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the...
Love (Wrong and Right Kind)
“Our spiritual struggle is not only a choice between good and evil, but between God and self (or self-centeredness). The choice is...
Atheism
““The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’”(Psalm 14:1). This verse is not so much about principled atheists,...
Works (Good Works)
“Prove yourself a god to the unfortunate by imitating the mercy of God. There is nothing so godly in human beings as to do good...
Judgment Seat of Christ
“What is the meaning of Jesus’ statement “I do not judge anyone”? [John 8:15] It is clear that Jesus did judge (even in the next verse)...
Begotten/ "Only Begotten"
“For this is the way God loved the world: He have His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have...