Posted on 2All Christians Have a God Box Admit it or not, every Christian creates a personal God Box, a place where we pack our Christian mindset. Why? Because we have great need for an ordered life, even when the ordering is entirely incorrect. It’s human nature. It is the way we are made. Yet strangely, the very effort to box … Continue reading →
Prosperity Message Via Power of Positive Thinking Prosperity message as a false teaching. In a recent men’s meeting, we discussed the 2-Peter 2 warning against false prophets and teachers. Our concerns involved both obvious error wherein some teachers actually deny the deity of Christ, and the more subtle types of false teaching wherein the name of Christ is used to … Continue reading →
Reflections Sojourner:A Journey Into Modern Christianity (c) 2016 RMHarrington Kindle edition now available In “Reflections of a Sojourner,” RM Harrington examines one of the greatest questions of the modern age: In this world that is filled with an abundance of medical wonders, advanced comfort technology, and a worldwide global communication resource center, from where comes a society that remains filled … Continue reading →
Life In Places With Too Much God-Awful Concrete Weighing in at nearly 1/2 inch long, a brownish-black carpenter ant struggled to cross sun-heated white concrete. The origin of the concrete slab began as a walkway but quickly tied into and became one with the handball court. On the far side of the court, the reddish brick walls of the main … Continue reading →
Christian Prosperity As Evidenced By Four Bible-Based Truths When considering Christian prosperity among the promises of God, four components of bible premise must be accepted. I do not list these as the only bible based truths that evidence prosperity as one of the expected blessings of serving God. However, this message should remain short so as to reduce consumption of … Continue reading →
Bible Study Series – When Men Dream Dreams “… Old men shall dream dreams…” springs from the words written in Joel 2:28. And so it is so. In Acts Chapter 2 while speaking to the confounded crowd that had gathered around as men spoke in unknown tongues, the apostle Peter drew upon the full text of the passage wherein the … Continue reading →
Blaming Society Leads To Continuous Failure Stop blaming society for your problems. A bad economy is not grounds for laziness. A harsh boss didn’t make you into the person you have become. The world is not your enemy, and society doesn’t force you to adopt a faulty mental and emotional outlook on life. Now it’s not that I lack empathy … Continue reading →
Faith in Self, The Work of Strangers, and Faith In Contraptions Faith comes in many forms. Sometimes people trust in self. Other times, we trust in the work of strangers. And under many circumstances, the end result is that we have faith in contraptions. Faith in the Work of Strangers A few days back, I loaded my little trailer with … Continue reading →
I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel,” writes the apostle Paul as he strives to make the Christians at Rome feel how great within his soul is that drive to preach the message, how import is the call to share the Gospel, and how life and death hang in the balance. It … Continue reading →
Death Through Adams Garden, Life Through Christs Victory Although neither Adams garden nor Christs wilderness is ever mention in Roman’s Chapter 5, we should not miss the background environment wherein the fall of man encountered the victory of Christ. And this we will discuss, if you will but permit me to lay groundwork for those who may be unfamiliar with … Continue reading →