As a pastor I have heard believers express their disappointment and anger with God because of injustice, pain and evil on countless occasions throughout the years. However, more recently I am increasingly hearing God’s anger and disappointment over...

It is a difficult reality every Christian is forced to accept; that the most faithful believers experience extreme difficulties, trials and suffering that appears to be unjust. God is love. God is faithful. God’s ways and plans are different that our...

Most Christians understand that it is by the incredible grace (favor) of God that we are saved through faith in Christ. However, we tend to forget that the power of that grace is offered throughout our lifetimes on earth. Grace doesn’t deliver from...

Rising above the Negative Influences of Culture

 Acts 21-22  Pew Bible Page 608

There are four groups in this story:

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________________ who believe in...

If you live long enough you will have someone you deeply care about misrepresent, slander and perhaps even try to destroy your reputation. For Christians who are uncompromising in the teachings of Scripture it is guaranteed that a time will come when...

Passion Week is the week leading up to and including the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. It starts with Jesus’ triumphal entry in Jerusalem, and the waving of Palm Branches from those who received His declaration to be Israel’s King...

Acts is the one book in the New Testament that is classified as a historical book. And yet it is different than secular history in that it is filled with the wisdom of God. Though multiple sermons could be taught verse-by-verse out of this section, we...

Americans unfortunately equate the most powerful Christians with fame, wealth, status and the number of followers they gather. But Acts 20:1-12 continues to show that though God’s followers might randomly experience some of those things, the reality...

The tide is rising of those who protest God and all commands associated with him.  Idolatry (the worship of anything above God) is permeating the goals, ambitions, thoughts and actions of most in our culture. A mob mentality (often in ignorance) is...

Many Christians have been shaped on spiritual warfare by watching TV preachers (which can be glamorized, staged, unbiblical or even manipulative). But Acts 19 shares the danger of seeking personal confrontations with demons. Though Paul was given the...