The Need for Evangelism

When the idea of evangelism is introduced, many people think about religious organizations such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses or the Mormons.   These religious bodies are very zealous in spreading the message of their belief system.  Unfortunately, those with truth (the actual teaching of scripture) are not nearly as zealous in teaching.  This leads to many [...]

Defeating Temptation

Unfortunately, it has become common practice to give in to almost every temptation that Satan is capable of throwing at mankind. Too many people have decided that giving in to temptation is not very significant…after all, everyone is doing it! However, that is not what God wants from us. He wants for us to stand [...]

Hide it From God

It is amazing how often people think they come up with something new, when in fact, there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9).  People today have the concept that “going to church” is the extent of what it takes to be pleasing to God.  Anything that they do in their personal lives during [...]

Choosing to Do Right

Choosing to do the right thing can sometimes be difficult.  There are many different criteria that may affect our decisions.  Sometimes it may take us some effort to determine what the right thing is.  Sometimes it may just take some effort for us to implement what we know to be the right thing!  Many may [...]

Our Actions Affect Other People

Today Jacob and I were driving along a road that borders the river.  Because of all of the rain, the river has flooded.  It is higher than I have ever seen in the 5 years that I have lived here.  In fact, there are a couple of corn fields that are typically on the river [...]