On December 31st, 1995 Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins kicked off the Left Behind series with its first book of the same name. Since then, the series has been critically acclaimed and has made multiple appearances on the New York Times Bestseller List. When I was younger, these books fascinated me and the movies that …
2:10-13 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny …
A few may have once heard of this principle or idea. They know that the “Sticking Point” is the point in which their obstacle or challenge is the greatest. In weightlifting this is a prominent idea. The sticking point occurs during a lifting movement and simply put for the purpose of brevity; it is the …
Many have once heard in some form or another, “I am not cynical, I am a realist.” Often, I found it true that many people cannot distinguish between the two. So what does that leave them with? A disappointing reality to live in? Comedian George Carlin once stated, “Scratch any cynic and you will find …
There is a famous hymn in which many people, Christian and secular, are familiar with. “I’ll fly away” is sung at nearly every country, bluegrass, folk, homecoming, (sometimes) rock outings, and movies. The song has an amazingly Biblical principle. Surely, we will fly away and be preserved into the Heavenly kingdom of our great God …
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. Firstly, I love what pastor David Osteen has to say about it. He wrote that “Christ suffered to purchase our salvation and Paul suffered to proclaim it” (Colossians 1:24). Paralleling this verse with Colossians 1:24, we see that …
Have you ever stopped and thought about rock? No not Pearl Jam or Aerosmith! Rocks. As in the gravel in a driveway or that of a beautiful granite counter-top. You have little rocks, big rocks, pretty rocks, and not so pretty rocks. Rocks do a lot of things. They serve a lot of purposes. Have …