This is a somewhat different kind of Thought to Ponder but I think it goes along with the last one I sent out. In the last one called Depression, I addressed...
The Perfect Church I have been accused in the past of looking for or expecting every church to be "the perfect church." Let me set the record straight right...
Why am I so adamant? I know that many of you probably wonder what makes me so outspoken about certain subjects. I take a lot of heat for some of my stands; I...
What does it take to be a Christian? What does it take to be a Christian? The answer to that question sounds very simple at first. We need to believe that...
What does it take to be a disciple? To answer this question we first need to decide what the word disciple means. If you look it up in the dictionary you will...
Results of the Feel Good Gospel This Thought to Ponder is in a different format than most. I want to quote a message I received from a person and my response...
Slowing Down to Ponder God's Word We live in a busy world. Getting things done quickly is the goal for most things we do. I think this often carries over into...
What ever happened to ministry? I can remember having guest speakers at our church, when I was young. Whether it was a singing group, or an evangelist or a...
Are you ready? I get a lot of letters from Christians. Many of them are contemplating suicide for one reason or another. Many feel abandoned by God. Most of ...
Responsibility We all have responsibilities in life. As parents we try to instill a sense of responsibility in our children. We expect others to take ...
Can you be a believer but not a disciple? Recently I read a couple of books which contained something that shocked me. They both claimed that a person can be a...
Where are the tormented souls? We all know that there is sin in our country. Sinners sin and that is just a fact of life. Yet I think we often take the sin...
A man after God's own heart. I want to be a man after God's own heart, but how? How does a person do that? Do you have to constantly read your Bible and pray...
Is repentance part of the Gospel? The more I research some of the doctrines out there under the umbrella of Christianity the more disturbed I become. Not long...
Is War ever an Appropriate Response? Because we have troops in combat in Iraq this question comes up a lot. How is a Christian to answer such a question? Many...
Church - What happened? When I refer to church in this article I am referring to the local assembly of believers, not any certain denomination or even the body...
Church - What is the purpose? I want to deal with just one of the purposes of the church. When I say church, I mean the local assembly of believers. The...
Church - What should it be? In the past two articles I addressed what I thought were some serious flaws in today's churches. Churches meaning local bodies of...
The Rock and the quicksand. When we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are set on the Rock. Look at what Isaiah says: (Isaiah 26:4 NIV) Trust in...
Should Christians be tolerant? In this discussion tolerance is "The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of...
Deafening Silence Speaking of the worldwide persecution of Christians Mona Charen said the following: The silence of American Christians is particularly hard...
Wake up, it's time to take a stand! In several of my articles I have made statements about psychology, and I have taken some heat for my views. I view...
Protestant Purgatory? As you know, I call these articles Thoughts to Ponder. I am not trying to tell anyone what to think but rather to think. All too often I...
What is the Gospel? Have you ever really thought about what the gospel is? We know that the word means 'good news,' but what does that really mean? How do you...
Salvation - Beginning or End? I have mentioned before that I believe we are preaching a feel good gospel in churches today. We tell people of God's love for...
The world is not worthy of them. The author of Hebrews makes a statement that I want to look at in this passage: (Hebrews 11:36_38 NIV) [36] Some faced jeers...
Mission Field or Killing Field? I grew up as the child of a public school teacher, who also happened to be a pastor. I attended public school and graduated...
Church growth - what's the cost? Church growth is big business nowadays. Take for example the new fad, the 40 Days of Purpose. It seems as if every church is...
Broken Bones; Pure Joy or Broken Promises? I have often stated that I feel the church today is peddling an easy gospel, designed to appeal to people. I have...
A Perspective on the Jews. I am often asked how I can have blind faith that there is a God. I am also often asked by people who are Christians how to fight...
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