Are You Religious?

Sadly, when most Christians hear the phrase “religious” they immediately think of it in a negative way. One of the local churches around my town actually advertises itself as “nonreligious.” I myself would almost take offense when people would say I was religious because of my faith in Christ. I...

The Foolishness of Making Rash Vows

This morning before heading to our service, I was reading through Judges. Recently I started in Genesis and have hoped to read all the way through to Revelation in this manner, so now I find myself in this book. I was reading the story of Jephthah in Judges 11:29-40, And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and...

Are You a Microwave?

A friend of mine recently preached a very thought provoking message on “frequencies”.  It got my attention so much that I decided to do my own investigation and started Googling “the stuff that he was taking about”. Minutes turned into hours, and hours into days, and days into about 1 week.  Since...

The Tongue of a Disciple

“The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of a disciple, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not disobedient Nor did I turn back.” (Isa 50:4-5) What is a...

Gossip!

By Melody Green I think the main reason that God is letting me share a little bit with you about the problem of gossip is because I’m no stranger to it. I have not only listened to gossip… I’ve also spread it and been the victim of it…and let me say it’s all equally as painful...

Watching What We Speak

Many of us believers tend to already know there are various levels on which Israel rebelled against the Lord, and various specific points could be pointed at in the wilderness narratives as the cause of their spending 40 years there instead of inheriting their promised land immediately after leaving Egypt....

Believe That You Have Received

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24 ESV) Every so often, I get told by individuals that they perceive me to be a “faith teacher” in a derogatory way as if studying about, living this out, and...

Growing Deeper Roots

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit...

Increase Your Faith — How To Believe For the Impossible (Part 2 of 2)

Editor’s note: I wrote this as a follow up to this post, and thought I’d take the time to post another “how to have faith” entry, but this time just list several Scripture verses to help remove some misunderstandings about faith and how it works and what it is believers do have exactly.  This...

Mustard Seed Faith — How To Speak To Mountains and Cast Them Into The Sea

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be...