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YOU Are Your Brother’s Keeper – And Your Neighbor’s, Too!

A friend of mine told me a story once, something that had happened to him. Most of us have had a similar experiences many times. He had been working for a nice elderly lady, and had gone inside to get paid for his day’s work. The woman was…

(By Crystal Holmes) Agree to disagree? Keep the lines of communication open – even at the cost of the truth? I think not. The only time Jesus held His peace was before the high priest at His “trial”. He openly told people He came to…

God Doesn’t Want Unity! That’s not His plan! The splinters, schisms, divisions and fights in the church today are a GREAT THING! God ordained it to be so, FOR A PURPOSE!! Men seem to think that Christ came to bring PEACE on earth. Well…

We’ve all heard the story of Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. I think it behooves today’s church to examine their attitudes a bit. In Daniel 3, a giant golden idol was set up, and a huge crowd of people was…

Many will try to use this excuse in the coming judgment. But will that cut it? Will God buy it? WHOSE FAULT is it, if you are deceived? Will God hold YOU responsible? Let’s look at a few examples of people who were deceived. 1 Kings 13:11-17…

Most people are afraid of God. No, let me rephrase that. They are not afraid OF God… they are afraid God is unfair! The FEAR of the LORD, the fear to DISOBEY the Lord, is a good thing. But that’s not what I mean. They fear that God is…

Many people wonder – will Jews be saved? They suppose that since the Bible says that “salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22), you can be either a Christian or a Jew and be saved. But does this make sense? After all, of the main…

Where is your identity? What do you think of when you think “me”? If you have to describe yourself, where do you start? What would crush you the most if you were to lose it? Most people define themselves by their “stuff”. In…

Did you realize that? Did you know that YOU are the one who destroyed what little faith you might have ever had? That IS where the Bible says the blame lays. You might have been taught that it was God’s job to just GIVE you faith! But that…

Are you BEING the salt of the Earth? Do you even know HOW? The salt of the Earth is not a title, it is a JOB. A job that requires WORK, requires EFFORT to perform it – and to do that, you have to know what that job entails – you…