Do you remember when you were a little kid playing with other children and one kid would inevitably take a toy that you were playing with and then you would complain to a parent or teacher about it? Or do you remember what it felt like when an older kid picked on one of your friends? We all have a sense of fairness; even little children. [Read more…]
Two trains were heading right toward each other in 1918, each going around 50 to 60 miles per hour when they collided. The wreckage left the wooden railroad cars crumpled up and the crash produced 101 deaths and 171 persons injured. This was the worst train crash in U.S. history. [Read more…]
Robert Henry Best convicted of treason in 1948
Have you ever heard the saying of Samuel Johnson, “An attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client?” In the United States of America, judges recognize that only a foolish person would try to represent himself in court. Most of us don’t know the rules of law and we don’t know the court cases to cite for our defense. That’s why only a fool represents himself – it would be absolutely crazy to do so. [Read more…]
Jeff Foxworthy has made a living telling redneck jokes. I’m sure you’ve heard him say, “you may be a redneck if…”. I was thinking the other day of some of the things I used to believe (and say) when I was a false convert. So, I feel qualified to state the following because these used to apply to me. [Read more…]
A lot of people try to soften Christianity. Instead of calling sin what it is…sin, we try to tone it down and make it sound less offensive. Just look at how most people nowadays change how they speak about sinners because they don’t want to offend anyone: [Read more…]
I am a St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. No matter who they play, I’m always rooting for the Cardinals to win. (I’m also a Kansas City Chief’s football fan, but they don’t give me a whole lot to cheer about, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m a fan anyway). When two teams play against each other, most of us choose one side or the other. [Read more…]
I typically write a blog about once a week. But this week I seem to have writer’s block. God usually gives me the titles to blogs and I write these down when they come to me. I currently have seven or eight titles of blogs written down, but I didn’t receive any direction on which one to write. [Read more…]
Several years ago I was driving to Columbia, MO with my wife and youngest son in the car. We were just a few miles outside the city limits and we were following a truck that was pulling a John Deere lawn mower on a trailer. I remember watching the lawn mower and then I fell asleep at the wheel! I ran off the road – the right side tires were off the road and my wife screamed, “Dennis, what are you doing?” “Sleeping,” I replied. [Read more…]
“Did you get one of these?” or “Did you get your million?” are questions that we typically ask while we are handing out gospel tracts. Frequently, people will say, “No, I’m good.” Sometimes we’ll respond back, “that is THE question: How good are you?”
What they don’t realize, is that they are answering the real question we want to ask them (and it’s on the back of the tract): Are you good enough to go to Heaven? That’s why we go out witnessing. We are concerned about where people will spend eternity. The reason we go out witnessing is because most people think that they are good. Proverbs 20:6 (KJV) states “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?” So the Bible even tells us that most people think that they are good.
Psalm 14:1 states The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. None of us are good, none of us are righteous on our own (Romans 3:10-12). Righteousness is credited to true believers only through the righteousness of the Son of God, Jesus.
Jesus Christ, the sinless one, died a horrible death on the cross for guilty sinners. God’s wrath was poured out on Him for our sins. Then he rose from the dead on the third day. He defeated sin, death and Hell. Jesus is the only way to salvation. You must turn from your sins and put your trust in Jesus. Then, God will see you through the righteousness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ instead of your own unrighteousness.
Some people may intellectually know this, but they have never truly surrendered their life to Jesus. They are going through life thinking that they are “good.” That they are “alright” the way they are. They don’t realize that Jesus said that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).
Friends, all includes everyone who is trusting in their own “goodness” to save themselves. They are storing up wrath for themselves on the day of judgment (Romans 2:5). Please don’t go through life thinking that you are alright – that you are good person. Don’t continue saying “No, I’m good.” Cry out to God to have mercy on you, repent and believe the Gospel. Put your faith in Jesus today.
I know a couple that used to go to church and they admitted after they stopped attending, that they only went to church because they liked being around Christians. They only went to church to socialize! (This makes me think about all the years I went to church while I was a false convert). [Read more…]