Paul’s Thorn in The Flesh part 2: My Grace is Sufficient?

Our text we’ve been dealing with is found in 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, and today I hope to primarily focus on the second half of that passage. The purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate not only is God not against us, but that he is for us, and a word study and careful look at the word...

Hope, Change for the Unborn

by Lou Engle, www.louengle.com Two days ago our nation’s first African American president, Barak Obama, was escorted onto a regal platform before the masses of America. He put his hand on the Bible (the actual Bible Abraham Lincoln used for his oath) and then briefly made his inaugural oath to protect the...

Abortion

Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe vs Wade (The court decision that legalized abortion in 1973 in America). I thought it would be appropriate to write a few of my thoughts on abortion. Actually first of all I want to link to one of my favourite preachers and a dream that he had as well as some of his...

Get Thee Behind Me Satan!

By David Ravenhill, www.davidravenhill.net If you are unfamiliar with the words of this title, let me remind you that they were spoken by Jesus in response to Peter’s rebuke of him. Ahh! Now you recall the incident. Jesus has just asked the disciples what people were saying about him. “Some say you are...

Paul’s Thorn in The Flesh, part 1: Messenger of Satan or God?

I have never watched people live in defeat from misunderstanding a passage as much as this one misinterpreted passage of Scripture. Of course I’m talking about how people try telling themselves that God gave them a thorn just like Paul’s, which I politely hope to show is terrible...

Joseph of Arimathea’s Sight

“When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of...

The Backslider Test

What is a backslider?  How do know that you are not a backslider?  The Bible warns us that “the backslider in heart shall be filled with His own ways“.  Allow me to ask your conscience a few pointed questions to allow you to “examine yourself, whether you be in the faith“, and if...

Eying the Perfect

A Study of 1 Corinthians 13:10 For we know in part and we prophecy in part; but when the perfect­ comes, the partial will be done away with. This is an awesome and powerful statement. Therefore, in order for the meaning to be derived we will take an exegetical approach as we examine the context,...

God Stories

Over the past few months I started writing down some of the things that God has done in my life and in the lives of my friends. The Psalmist says “One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4. So I just want to take this time and talk about...