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“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 27
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” -- Matthew 22:39 niv I grew up in a relatively small rural town in North Carolina where everyone knew everyone. My best friend lived across the street from me and it seemed like our entire world was within our immediate neighborhood. Everyone knew each other, cared for one another, and made sure that everyone was okay. If there was a problem with any of the neighborhood kid’s behavior it was certain that the on-site parent would correct and direct us immediately. There was an uncommon love between the folk of our neighborhood. Now, over 50...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 26
“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul, and with all your strength.” -- Deuteronomy 6:5 niv One of the most interesting places I have ever visited is India. With all that is difficult about the place, the greatest conflict occurs within the religious environment of the country. While this nation is extremely religious, with over 79.8% of them identified Hindus, there is an absence of absolutes in nearly the total population. As I have shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with thousands and thousands of Hindus, I have witnessed many of them take the decision...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 25
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” -- Psalm 139:14 niv There is something supernatural and spectacular about the birth of a baby. We see in that precious little one something that is so far above our own imagination. It grieves me when I hear some leftist lunatic say that life begins at delivery rather than conception. One look at an ultrasound proves that unborn baby is much more than a blob of tissue. Far beyond the ultrasound we can hold on to the Word of God. The Psalmist...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 24
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;” -- Ephesians 2:8 nasb This is the third straight week that we have been reading and memorizing scripture that teaches us the three steps to heaven. Thus far we have learned Step One: The truth about ourselves – We are all sinners, which is our problem. Step Two: The truth about Jesus Christ – he is the provision and solution for our problem. This week we consider … STEP THREE: We must face the TRUTH about Eternity. After this life...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 23
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me." -John 14:6 nasb The line in the sand between all religions is this authoritative claim by Jesus. Many people will proclaim that Jesus was a good teacher and a capable moral leader, but nothing more. While these first two claims are true they are meaningless if He is not more. The Bible tells us that Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared person. Heaven is not the reward of good or sincere people. It is the home of prepared people....
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 22
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” -- Romans 3:23 NIV Sin is becoming an archaic word. In our modern society we have replaced the word with more palatable ones like, mistake, error, or shortcoming. None of these do justice to the original Greek word, hamartánō. This word literally means, “to miss a mark on the way, not to hit the mark, or one who keeps missing the mark in his relationship to God.” This week we begin to look at the three steps to heaven. We are all sinners! Remember what the Bible says:...