DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF DECEPTION

Last night, Jan and I drove back home from Seattle. We went on a cruise to Alaska. This was a family retreat with Jan’s side of the family. It was a gift given to us by her family. All the siblings and their spouses were in attendance. Each day, the cruise ship...

LIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF SPIRITUAL HISTORY

We have just come through a season in our nation where we were told to believe lies calling them good. We have been told to believe those lies at the personal expense of punishment for those who reject the lies and hold onto God’s truth. An appeasing Church is...

WE’VE BEEN WARNED

Today, as it was when Paul wrote his letter to the Church in Colosse, people have promoted theories about Jesus that mixed pagan ideas about the Lord with scriptural truth. These false teachers mixed their ideas with astrology, magic, and Judaism, presenting Jesus as...

OUR POINT OF DEPARTURE

At some point, our maturity in the Lord will reach an important and life-changing point. At that point, we will finally decide that all this world has to offer us is a lie, and we must initiate a departure from its false promises. In the closing verses of Galatians,...

GOD’S MORAL COMPASS

When the Lord created us, He placed in our hearts an instinct to know what is right or wrong. Paul wrote about people who live a life in violation of God’s original creation, he described them this way, “They began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a...