rich people can’t go to heaven

 ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked… Revelation 3:17   Rich people can’t go to heaven. Rich people can’t  enjoy fellowship with God. Rich people cannot be saved.  Let me [...]

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suggestions

For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. Acts 20:27                                 ——— This verse along with many others in the New Testament sets the standard for Biblical, New Testament preaching.    Simply put — sermons are not suggestions. This is a word specifically to pastors and those who teach the [...]

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miracles

 This is my lovely little daughter Gemma at one of her favorite past-times — ice cream. As I was putting her to bed last night — we were discussing the Bible story we had just read, about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. And she asked this all important question: “Does God still do miracles?” [...]

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what people really want

I was sitting at a cafe this morning having a conversation with a new friend. We were talking about church and how it  typically operates and how it should operate.  Often times, Pastors, Church Planters, leaders –  out of an intense love for God and a desire to do good– start ministries. Others seek to reform and/or update [...]

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idolatry

You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.  John 5:39 There is an idolatry sometimes in our hearts that needs to be addressed. How we need to apply the scriptures to our lives! How we need men and women who can teach the [...]

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tradition

Jesus said: “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition…” (Mark 7:9) This is something my wife and I have been talking about alot lately. As Christians — from mostly protestant, white, non-denominational backgrounds — we have some traditions. Although they may not be as formal as  [...]

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tolstoy

I have been re-reading Leo Tolstoy’s book, Confession. I picked this up in Canada a few years ago and I think I am on my third read. One of the greatest writers of all time, Tolstoy earned fame for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina in the the mid-1800′s. Confession is one of [...]

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