Pentecost and the Man of God
Fifty days after God resurrected His Son, Jesus Christ, from the dead, having died on the cross to pay for the sins of all people, God did another amazing thing – He sent His Holy Spirit to His Church…
Fifty days after God resurrected His Son, Jesus Christ, from the dead, having died on the cross to pay for the sins of all people, God did another amazing thing – He sent His Holy Spirit to His Church…
Now when the Lord convicted me of my sin in this, I looked at my family and observed a lot of damage due to my lack of leadership. Maybe that is the case for you, as well. Do not let that discourage you from stepping back into your leadership role as head of your family. But there are a couple of things you need to do first…
In God’s eyes you do not “lose your man card” for putting your wife first, you lose your “man card” for putting yourself first!
I knew a man who stopped taking responsibility for his wife and family because, he said, “she resists my leadership, and I am tired of it. If she wants to lead this family, then fine, I give up!”
I have, what is called today, a compulsive personality. While I am not an alcoholic, there have been other sins in my life with which I have struggled, tremendously. Maybe you can identify with me…
A good friend of mine is in a tremendous battle for his soul. He is a believer who is addicted to alcohol and pornography. Recently he just gave in to temptation and failed miserably. As Galatians 6:1 says, he was overtaken in a fault…
Luke was not only a meticulous historian, he was also an eyewitness of the resurrection himself! Isn’t it peculiar that in a modern court of law eyewitness accounts are almost unbeatable? But when it comes to the resurrection of Jesus Christ people are willing, almost eager to dismiss them.
Men, over 2,000 years ago Jesus Christ died on a Roman cross, then rose from the dead the third day. Scripture declares that He did this to provide salvation for a wicked humanity on their way to an eternity without God in hell. But was it necessary? Did Jesus have to die? Why couldn’t God just overlook man’s sins?
Everyone struggles with the tragic effects of living in this sin-cursed world. Believer and unbeliever ask questions like “Where was God when my child died, or when my spouse left me after 25 years of marriage, or when I was abused as a child?” Sometimes these questions produce doubts that seem insurmountable, and if left to simmer in our minds turn quickly into bitterness and unbelief…
Friend, if you are having a “crisis of faith” right now, if you are questioning the truths you have been taught, don’t despair…
Men, you make a lot of decisions during your day, don’t you? You make them at work, raising your family, if you are in leadership of some kind, and many of them are very important, even critical. But have you, as a man, made the most important decision of your life yet?
The day was an ordinary day in mid-May, 2003, a partly sunny day as my wife, Olive, came to a stop light at Cook’s Corner. As she waited for the light to change, her heart was heavy with concern for the situation her family was facing. Her husband was battling a severe depression, for about 2 years at that point, with little indication that he was getting better. He had just lost a good paying job at a local Christian radio station a little over a month ago, the severance pay had ended with no job prospects in sight and her heart was crying out to the Lord. Feeling discouraged and all alone she flooded her Father’s throne with her tears and her questions. “Where are you, Lord?”
Some chains that keep men in bondage are made of iron and placed there by a cruel oppressor. Other shackles, of our own making, are snapped in place like handcuffs on our soul by our own fear…fear that someone will discover our secret. Often it is a secret sin of which we are ashamed, and sometimes we would rather die than see it exposed. Friend, are you hiding such a sin?
What if the one who sinned against us refuses to acknowledge their offense and ask forgiveness? Do we have to forgive them?
One of the most difficult things to deal with as a follower of Jesus Christ is repetitive sin. I am not talking about a sin that I commit over and over, but how does the Lord want me to react when someone sins repeatedly the same sin against me…