Based on Notes Presented by Professor Robert Owens of Manhattan Christian College Manhattan, Kansas September 4, 1975 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the… Continue reading Compelled by Fear
Category: Faith
The Ministry We Have
2 CORINTHIANS 4 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; The word “therefore” is a transitional word, leading to a concluding thought which is this. Because the light of the gospel is so clear, because the gospel reveals so many wonderful truths, because the gospel takes away… Continue reading The Ministry We Have
Four Important Reasons Why Christians Suffer
“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” – Job 14:1 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 The Bible teaches that the source of human suffering… Continue reading Four Important Reasons Why Christians Suffer
Understanding A Repenting Heart
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”- 2 Corinthians 13:5 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” - Jeremiah 17:9 Christian theology rests on several basic… Continue reading Understanding A Repenting Heart
Believe in the Love of God
Many people have difficulty believing in God’s love for several reasons. There is an innate sense of not being worthy of the love of God. People who are honest, those who are self-aware know the true state of their heart. Even if others do not know the secrets of one’s life, God does. Sin causes… Continue reading Believe in the Love of God
St. James Comey and the Need for Self-awareness
Prior to his interference in the 2015 presidential race, relatively few Americans had heard of former FBI Directory James Comey. As events have unfolded and the thinking of Comey has been revealed, the rationale for his interference in the presidential election was not out of respect for protocol, ethics, or procedure, nor out of concern… Continue reading St. James Comey and the Need for Self-awareness
What Love Does, and Does Not Do
AN EXPOSITION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Because of the darkness that still resides within the human heart, Paul will describe what love will, and will not do. He speaks of divine love being manifested in the… Continue reading What Love Does, and Does Not Do
