Tag: Jesus
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If You Love Me…

Introduction There are five types of love that are found in scriptures. In future articles, I might explore these other types. For now, we will look at the type of love that is used in John 14:15, “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Definition of Love The version of love found in this verse…
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Are We Wrong?

Welcome to another Monday Bible Meme. Hot on the heels of last week’s look at “Which Jesus are you Following” we come to this meme which talks about hurt feelings… The caption reads: It’s rude to tell me I’m wrong! That’s so Un-Christ like. And the scripture referenced, Jesus answered and said to them, “You…
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Which Jesus are You Following?

Another two-for-one meme special. Today we are focusing on Jesus of the Bible vs. Jesus of the World. As a reminder, Monday’s articles have moved to Tuesdays. In this first meme, the statement reads: Be sure the Jesus you’re chasing is not your own ego. The idea behind this is that people create who Jesus…
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Buy the Truth
Text—Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding. (Proverbs 23:23) Introduction Was there ever an item that you came across that you simply had to have? Something from childhood or another time in your life that when you saw it, it was something that would add great joy. You…
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I Will Build My Church

TEXT— “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) Introduction In Matthew 16, Jesus asks two very serious questions to his disciples. They give Him these responses, When Jesus came into the…
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Bound for Heaven, Bound to Earth

It’s Monday, which means it’s time for another Monday Bible Meme! One of the challenges everyone faces is the idea that you can get to Heaven while focusing on the materialistic things in their lives. Jesus said, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?…
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God Replaced Again!
Introduction I’m amazed, sometimes, how ideas for articles come to me. Recently, I was listening to someone, leading the Lord’s Supper, give a talk on the trial of Jesus. The verses used were standard for the setting, yet my brain heard a verse, I’d heard hundreds of times, and it clicked in a slightly different…
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How Much Time is Left?
Introduction When someone asks how many days are left in the month, or year, you can go to a calendar and figure it out. The same with upcoming holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or other events. But when someone asks, “How many days until Jesus returns?” then you can’t go to the calendar. The same if someone…
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Choose Your Yoke
Introduction In our daily lives we make decisions all of the time. Simple things like choosing what to eat, what to wear, where to shop, and which brand to buy. In the religious world, we have decisions to make as well. These, sometimes, require more thought. These decisions become a life-changing event in the spiritual…
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The Judgment: Our Day in Court
Introduction The bible talks quite a lot about the final judgment. Jesus discusses the final judgment in Matthew 25:31-46. The apostle Paul clearly states in 2 Corinthians 5:10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has…
