Pilgrim’s Progress: Simple, Sloth, and Presumption (3:3)
These three have made peace with their chains and are snoring through their own destruction.
These three have made peace with their chains and are snoring through their own destruction.
Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it. That was the reason so many went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign. Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after…
Science is a great teacher. It is an excellent tool and any Christian who fears it or its findings only demonstrates their personal lack of faith in a great big God who beggars definitions, defies limitations, and destroys the boxes we are so desperate to create for Him to keep ourselves comfortable.
They pick and chose whatever parts of various religions that “sound nice” to them but they commit a form of intellectual terrorism by taking pot shots of all the various religion’s truth claims while refusing to stand on any solid truth of their own.
Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1)
Apparently there is this new phone app that for the past couple months has been all the rage. Now those of you who have Pokemon Go installed on your app and have been building your ludus into an army of epic proportions I apologize, but…
Our God is greater than all other gods. He has proven Himself strong time and time again.
Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right? (Job 8:3) Read: Job 8:1 – 11:20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, Psalm 38:1-22, Proverbs 21:28-29 Relate: If God is all good and all powerful, why does evil exist? How can we call God just if people are going to spend an eternity in torment for bad the decisions…
They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (Romans 1:19-20)…
The danger does not lie in our times of suffering but rather in the times of blessing. It is in those moments of comfort and pleasure that we are most likely to abandon God.