"By Whose Standard?" - Answering Common Objections to the Faith
“In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope...
Prepare for Persecution
“Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse,...
The Idolatry of Government Worship
“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish...
For the "Least of These"
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is...
Living under "Slavery"
“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to...
This is a Different World
“How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and...
Our Bodies for God's Glory & Satan's Defeat
“To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger...
Why We Must Fight
Colossians 3:1, “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand...
The Humbling, Slippery Slope
“‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11) “For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear...
"Goggles Much?" (on Thanksgiving)
(This is passed on from a good friend and fellow minister, Pastor Dominic Guerra, in Okinawa, Japan) Ever heard of “beer goggles”? It’s a...
