Baptism: Empty Ritual or Symbol of “Death of Self”?

     “Why were you baptized?”  a survey taker asks, cornering us with his microphone and camera.  Most of us would have to say, “Because they told me I should do it.”       Question 2: “What does baptism mean exactly?”   Here most of us would scratch our heads and say, “Well, I’m not sure.  The minister and congregation were very supportive, and I…

The Price Of Righteousness

God is not a respecter of persons and when one decides for themselves to depart from any wrong doing they immediately become as a prey to those who have not made that choice for themselves. (Isaiah 59:14-17) And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and…

Declare His Work’s

Jesus was sent to us to declare His Father’s name among the nation’s, and to make people aware of the love the Father has for His children. (John 17:22-26)  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:  I in them, and thou in me,…

A Childlike Faith in God Is What We Need

This world and the people of this world are sick.  The malady comes from a steady diet of doubt.  Almost all of the systems of man–the media, politics, education, and even religious denominations–almost all are starving God’s people and feeding them the poisonous pablum of lies.  And the major lie is that either there is…

Praise God Through The Hard Times

Other than the Lord if there were anyone who understood tragedy more it would have to be Job! We could only imagine the pain of our loved ones being taken all at the same time and also our animal’s, and servants, and then later even health taken by being covered head to toe in boils.…

Patience–Enduring the “Sufferings of This Present Time”

As the sons and daughters of God, we are to add certain spiritual attributes of God’s “divine nature.”  This is how we become “partakers of His divine nature” (II Peter 1: 4-7).  This assures our inheritance as His sons and daughters. These attributes are added in sequence–in layers, if you will.  To our faith we add virtue,…