Archive for Doctrine/Theology
My Story
I was privileged to have the opportunity to share what God has done in my life and present the Gospel to a recovery group at the Vineyard Church in down town Gadsden this past Thursday night. It was a bit of a challenge for me since I’m not much of a stage guy. [...]
Read moreAggressive Sin.
During these last few days I’ve been thinking about sin. Sin makes me angry. It makes me angry because of its ability to destroy our relationships with our friends, wives, and family members. There is a book I once read by a man named John Owen. The title of the book is Mortification of Sin. [...]
Read moreEveryday Preachers
“preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,” – 2Ti 4:2-3 ESV
Paul here is giving [...]
Truly Persecuted?
“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,…” – 2 Tim 3:12 ESV
We live in a much different time and culture than that of Paul and Timothy. Though some modern cultures still physically persecute and even kill Christians, the one we live in isn’t much of a comparison [...]