Living in a Proverbs 6 Culture with a John 3:16 God

Look around. What do you see? Is our world growing more righteous, or are lawlessness and evil taking us down a path we never want to go? 2 Thessalonians 2:7 warns that, even in the first century when that letter was written, the mystery of lawlessness was already at work. In 2 Timothy 3:1-7, Paul …

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God’s Plans are Amazing!

So profound, I had to share it! Meditate on these truths this weekend: SHALOM! "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16) God's plans are amazing. We can try to wrap our heads around His ways, …

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Is This the Enemy’s Game Plan?

Yesterday our focus was on deception and lawlessness in our world, and how it points to the last days as foretold by Jesus, Paul and others. We'll continue that focus today, but will go a bit further into today's culture. Deception seems to be an important pilar in Satan's game plan. He loves to deceive …

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Understanding “to the Jew First” – Part 3

We're exploring the meaning of "to the Jew first," found in Romans 1:16. During parts 1 and 2 we considered two inaccurate fallacies associated with that phrase: Gentiles are not second classGentiles are not "the new Jew" To have an inflated or deflated view of our standing is sinful and we illuminated that truth in …

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