Who is Jesus now? Have you ever given much thought to who Jesus is now? What I mean is when you see Him, what will He be like. Does it make any difference to...
Ralph Dettwiler
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Oct 6, 2001 12:14 am
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Are you comfortable? Are you comfortable in your community? Do you feel that over all the place you live is not too bad? Are you comfortable when you think of...
Spiritual Gifts I want to take a look at spiritual gifts. This is something which has become very popular in the church. There is nothing wrong with that, in...
Where was God on September 11, 2001? I am getting sick of hearing that question and even more sick of some of the answers I have heard come from the mouths of...
Why does God allow evil to continue? I am sure most of you have heard the same things I have. People ask you how your God can be a loving God if He allows...
Is the Old Testament still relevant today? Many Christians think that all they need is the New Testament. They seem to think that the Old Testament does not...
Having a form of godliness but denying its power. I know that some of you who read this will not agree with my stand on the issue I am going to address in this...
Depression "Office visits for depression increased from 10.99 million in 1988 to 20.43 million in 1993. Visits for depression doubled for both primary care...
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...