of the Gospel In order that people may be brought to faith,  God mercifully sends messengers of this very orators who traveled throughout the Roman empire did, speaking to large assemblies in amphitheaters in every There are lots of ways to short circuit this process, and lots of churches try to do so often to make it an easier and more entertaining experience, and many of their innovations really seem to make sense After all, anything that makes it easier for people to understand the gospel seems like it ought to be

Summary God makes two primary promises to the newly minted leader of His people - promises that extend The second promise God makes here just sounds plain wrong. gospel, in which a celebrity huckster 'preacher' twists Biblical truth into some contrived formula to make Such heretics ought to make you sick and angry! You can't actively read the Bible every minute of the day.

life according to your word.  38  Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared. 39  Take God infuses new qualities into the will,  making the dead will alive,  the evil one good, the unwilling overarching theme of this, the longest of all the psalms: the magnificence and usefulness of God's Word for every Not only that, but you carry around every translation of scripture ever produced - and even the original

Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes So it makes sense that the Devil twists this truth in order to deceive people. What makes this idea really popular in our day and age is that you can define what's good or bad on your "A person is not justified [made righteous] by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ." eyes, but rather because living apart from it - living sinfully - seems disgusting and contrary to every

Destroy the devil’s work; destroy every force which revolts against you and every conspiracy against And while their devotion is commendable and should be emulated, make sure to deliver credit where it

When viewed on their own, Jesus' words here don't make very much sense. But when we look at the context they come in, in which Peter is trying to make Jesus into the savior When you pray those very simple words, or ones like them, you're praying for a very profound thing: that Make alignment a key element in every prayer that you pray, that you would deny yourself, take up your

After fasting for forty days it only makes sense that Jesus hungered in a way that most of us can't even This first time, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, which is a promise God makes to bless Israel if they put following 'every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord' ahead of their own appetites in life. But God knows our weakness, and how central our physical appetites are to our decision making process AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, whose every word is more necessary than bread;

Mark 14:66–72 (NIV) CONTEXT: The scenes below take place as Jesus was being put on trial before His crucifixion who led the charge, promising to stick with Jesus until the death, inspiring the other disciples to make Dig Deeper   All four gospels record Jesus' trial and crucifixion from different perspectives, so not every element of what took place that long night is included in every gospel account. get remembered far more often than his leadership; he quickly sank after his first few steps on the lake

You'll see that it's every bit as accessible and relevant still today. Repeated attempts have been made to give a natural explanation of religion, but without success. But this is no explanation, since the question remains, How did people ever hit upon the idea of worshiping But these theories do not explain any more than the others how non-religious man ever became religious Being religious isn't what makes you a Christian - everybody's religious in that everybody relates to

But every so often it's good to just stop and admire the beautiful greetings that introduce these tremendous Often the theology present in these opening paragraphs is every bit as substantial as it is in the body with; the same holy, just and perfectly righteous God that you rebelled against in sin and who has every You don't need to pray through a certain saint in certain situations or make oaths or vows in the name