Baptism: What does scripture teach?
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. Today's exciting topic is baptism. Prepare yourself for a wild ride! Water baptism is a sacrament in most churches. In general, the number and form of the sacraments in the church are quite controversial and in part...
Christ’s Church: How it Helps
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. We have been discussing the church in the past several blogs. At salvation the Holy Spirit places each of us into the church of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). This is a great promise and results from our belief in...
Christ’s church leads the way
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. We have been discussing the Christian walk in the past several blogs. Today we begin a section on the Christian church. At salvation the Holy Spirit places each of us into the church of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13)....
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 4
As we have discussed in past blogs, Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new people, providing the capacity to change ourselves to positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner we first must know how to...
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 3
As we have discussed in past blogs, Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new individuals with the capacity to change ourselves to take positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner we first must know how...
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 2
As we have discussed in past blogs Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new people, providing believers with the capacity to change into those who carry out positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner...
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 1
As we have discussed in past blogs, Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new people, providing the capacity to change ourselves to conduct positive and biblical actions. However, before we can behave in a scriptural manner we...
Defeating sin
You can do it (with the Spirit’s help) The Christian life is an exciting process of being obedient to God’s word, while using biblical tools to build a more God-like character. This process was outlined in the blogs just prior to this one (1 Thessalonians 1:5-7)....
Dealing with guilt
Christians feel guilty, seemingly almost routinely. Guilt practically is accepted as a part of the Christian life. Should we feel guilty and if so, why? If not, how do we stop? How common is it? Teleios surveys have shown that approximately 70% of evangelical...
Tools for the Christian life: Outreach
Welcome back to my blog. We are in a series exploring the biblical process to mature our Christian life. We have considered a simple scripture-based 5-step approach, what I call the ‘5 tools to maturity,’ taken from Acts 2:42 and 47. Today we will consider our last...
