I am so very grateful to have the sacrifice of Christ for the sins of the world, restored communion with Father God, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit of Truth. As a human race, we can be so indifferent to the unrighteous motives of our own hearts. We may

Sometimes I am still startled by the spiritual and even moral decline—low standard for living—of professing Christians. Obviously, every human being faces the temptation of sin; we may fight the temptation or we may step into it. The Bible defines this decline as a “degenerate” state. If a person lives

God has promised to be our Comforter; his presence brings heavenly peace, grace, and power in the Spirit to his beloved people of faith. Therefore, we should not be afraid of the sinful deeds plaguing this temporal world. The irrational and chaotic actions of human beings cannot be compared to

The Word can be a stumbling block for people’s understanding of God. That’s why Jesus said, “Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me” (Mat 11:6). Many times we come with expectations of how Jesus—the Living Word of God—should say things in Scripture, lead our lives, or

On Wednesday evening, during our new LIFE Lessons series, “The Inner Struggle for Holiness,” we revisited the covenants God made with five Old Testament biblical heroes of the faith. A covenant is formed as a relational bond—a binding agreement to participate in a common goal for success. The covenants God

Last Sunday, in our sermon time, I mentioned how Saul was persecuting Christians in Jerusalem and decided to head for Damascus in order to destroy or murder even more early believers. It was on the road to Damascus, Saul encountered the Lord, was thrown to the ground, and found himself