John Wesley asked his mother how to define sin to which his mother replied, ” Whatever weakens your reasoning, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, what takes away your desire for spiritual things, in short if anything exceeds the authority and the power of the flesh over the spirit, that becomes sin however good it… Read more →
Category: General
Angry Compassion
In Mark 3, Jesus encounters a man with a withered hand in the synagogue and the Pharisees watch to see if Jesus will heal on the Sabbath. This was an issue with them on more than one occasion and I find it humorous the perspective they had. They did not view Jesus as being God in flesh so their view… Read more →
Did Man Create God and the Bible?
As I was reading Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem on the doctrine of scripture, I was reminded of the argument that believes the Bible is just a man made book and God is merely a made up concept. You will never hear me claim to be a?theologian or even a smart man at that but strictly from a common sense… Read more →
Overseers
For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not to be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.? He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound? doctrine… Read more →