Let’s start the new year off right. Let’s assign blame where it truly belongs, god is to blame for all the evil and all the bad stuff in this world! The little g god is to blame. The Bible is very clear that the little god of this world is Satan. 2 Corinthians 4:4 states, “In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” [Read more…]
When I was around 7 or 8 years old, I wanted a BB gun really bad. I was ecstatic when I opened that present that year. Up to that point in my life, that was the best present a boy could open on Christmas morning (and yes, I got into a lot of trouble with that BB gun). [Read more…]
Is it easy for you to forgive someone who has wronged you? Really done you wrong? Treated you badly? Someone who did you harm?
I’m asking these questions because we have all treated God wrongly (whether we know it or not; whether we acknowledge it or not). [Read more…]
Kids face unbelievable temptations today such as drugs, alcohol, sex, sexting, pornography, t.v., movies and peer pressure to name a few. So how do you protect your children? How do you become proactive instead of reactive in parenting? What does it look like to parent God’s way? [Read more…]
Prior to establishing a publishing company, my wife Polly and I were in the mortgage business for 25 years, including building an office from the ground up starting in 1994. [Read more…]
I was watching a guy on youtube the other day and he said that he was going to follow Socrates. What in the world was he talking about?
He went on to say that he didn’t believe in God or Jesus, so he was going to believe in Socrates. Socrates was a wise person and he was going to follow him. He said that Socrates never said that you had to believe everything he said or you would end up in Hell. That is true. Socrates never said that. But Socrates wasn’t the Son of God. Socrates was a mere mortal like you and me. Socrates didn’t always speak the truth and only the truth. Socrates sometimes gave us his opinion. [Read more…]
I have a friend who knows that he needs Jesus. Unfortunately, my friend thinks that he has to “clean up his act” before God will accept him. I wish my friend could realize the true nature of God. God is righteous, Holy and just. God is perfect. It’s too bad that my friend doesn’t realize that he can never measure up to God’s standard. The Bible says that there is none righteous, no not one. None of us have kept all of the 10 Commandments in thought, word and deed, so we can can never measure up to God’s standard. The Bible also states that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8). Again, we cannot meet God’s standard on our own. [Read more…]
Are you disciplined? If you are (or have been) in the military, you are probably disciplined. If you are a parent, you probably have disciplined your children. Most of us who are middle aged were disciplined when we were kids and it wasn’t time out back then for most of us. [Read more…]
Do you watch American Idol? I have watched it a few times and I’m always impressed with the talented singers who compete. I personally think it’s cruel how they make fun of some of the singers at the beginning of the season. But the competition really heats up by the end of the season. [Read more…]
When my youngest daughter gets into trouble she says “sawree”. What she is trying to say is that she’s sorry, but she says it quickly, flippantly and with no real feelings or meaning. Repentance means more than just saying your sorry. True repentance is more than saying your sorry and really meaning it. True repentance means turning away from your sins and turning toward God. [Read more…]