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Does Jesus’ Claim to be “the Son of Man” Mean He Wasn’t the Son of God?

A Kernel of Truth Does Not Justify the Unloving Gut-Punch

A Kernel of Truth Does Not Justify the Unloving Gut-Punch

In my book Speak Your Mind, I offer a four-point checklist that everything we communicate should be. Whether we’re talking to our spouse, our children, our boss, or the bank teller, we should ask ourselves, “Is that which I’m about to communicate: 1) true? 2) kind? 3) necessary, and 4) clear?

Why Would a Christ-Follower Go Along with the Carnal Ideas of the World?

Why Would a Christ-Follower Go Along with the Carnal Ideas of the World?

Emerson writes about why believers might give in to sinful ideas, citing fear, desire for approval, or suppression of biblical truth, urging readers to reflect on their own temptations and stand firm in their faith.

Does Jesus’ Claim to be “the Son of Man” Mean He Wasn’t the Son of God?

Does Jesus’ Claim to be “the Son of Man” Mean He Wasn’t the Son of God?

Some claim that because Jesus Christ describes Himself as "the Son of Man" (instead of “the Son of God”) in three of the gospels about Christ's life and ministry (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), this proves he was not the Son of God, and thus not God.

Does God Reveal What Our Fellowship In Heaven Will Be Like With Him And Other Believers?

Does God Reveal What Our Fellowship In Heaven Will Be Like With Him And Other Believers?

Our fellowship is with God the Father, Jesus His Son, and the Holy Spirit. Paul launches 1 Corinthians with this: "God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1:9).

How Can We Counter The Struggle Of Feeling Insignificant As Only One Out Of A Billion Others In God’s Creation?

How Can We Counter The Struggle Of Feeling Insignificant As Only One Out Of A Billion Others In God’s Creation?

The Bible declares clearly that God created us. We are not here by accident. We have purpose and meaning. Furthermore, in all that God created in the universe, mankind is elevated above all creation.

Does God Reveal What Our Fellowship In Heaven Will Be Like With Him And Other Believers?

How Can We Counter The Struggle Of Feeling Insignificant As Only One Out Of A Billion Others In God’s Creation?

Do the Prayers of a Person Make a Difference in Their War Room?

Do the Prayers of a Person Make a Difference in Their War Room?

In the movie War Room, a godly, wise, and aged woman enters her private room to intercede for others through prayer. In her “war room,” a metaphor for the prayer closet to which Jesus refers in Matthew 6:6, she seeks the Living and Loving Christ on behalf of others. Such a woman prayed for me, and I never knew it until I was older and she had already died. In fact, I never met her because she died five years before I was even born. She was my grandmother on my dad’s side. Pearl Eggerichs.The story has it from my dad that she prayed for her future grandchildren, before they were born.

Why Do Some People Hang Onto Bitterness? [Video]

Why Do Some People Hang Onto Bitterness? [Video]

Why do some people hang onto bitterness? They think that to forgive means letting the other person off the hook. To forgive means they must remove all consequences from the other person. That, of course, is mistaken thinking. For example, one can have a forgiving spirit while bringing the full weight of the law to bear against the other person.

Why Do I Struggle To Forgive Myself? [Video]

Why Do I Struggle To Forgive Myself? [Video]

All of us do wrong. Who among us is perfect? When we fail God’s standard, some of us not only feel badly, we hate ourselves. We enter self-loathing. To cope, we self-medicate, indulge a lust, lie to ourselves about the wrong, or inflict pain on ourselves to pay for the sin. However, the Apostle of love penned in 1 John 1:7, "If we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light... the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."

What Does Winning the Lottery Have to Do With Marriage and Heaven? Part 2 [Video]

What Does Winning the Lottery Have to Do With Marriage and Heaven? Part 2 [Video]

Though heavenly glory awaits us, there is a warning--a word of caution. There are two types of Christ-followers who will enter this glorious eternal realm: The Rewarded Believer and the Unrewarded Believer. (If you are anything like me, you do not want to be the Unrewarded Believer.) The Rewarded Believer - Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3:14, "If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward."