I'll Be Honest

God is a King and He has transformed us to be His ambassadors. We are representatives of God with an authoritative message to proclaim to this world.

We are called to put on the new man, and another essential quality that characterizes the new man is to be a giver and not a taker. We need to put off stealing; but it is not enough to stop stealing, we need to also start giving.

We are saved by faith and much is said by Christians about faith. But the true, infallible test of the reality of faith is how it responds when it is tested. Anyone can say they have faith, but the testings and trials will show if that faith is real or not.

What should we do about idols that creep into our lives and hinder our walk? We live in a generation where distractions from technology are at an all-time high, and God forbid we allow ourselves to get swept into it.

Being a Christian isn't just learning how to say the right things. It is very easy to join a biblical church and try to externally mimic the behavior and speech of everyone there. But God doesn't just want us to copy what other people without actually knowing why we are doing it. Does your behavior flow from a renewed mind, or just external conformity to fit into a certain church's mold?

Are theme churches Biblical? Is it right to have our point of fellowship be based upon us all being cowboys or bikers?

We should live our lives in such a way that we’ll be missed when we’re gone. The people who will be missed when they’re gone are the people who gave and served the most.

The Bible encourages us to pray, and even when our prayers are ineffectual we shouldn't be discouraged because God uses them. But even though God uses our ineffectual prayers, we still need to grow and learn how to better pray effectual prayers.

God is absolutely sovereign over every single event that takes place in the world, and more personally, in our lives. How do you respond to God's providences in your life that are painful and trying?

Married men: don't pretend to have a glowing testimony in the church when you have wicked outbursts of anger against your wife. Don't try to hide it or justify it. Confess it and put it to death.