James 1:14 says that every man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own strong desire, and enticed. Where there is temptation, there is a Tempter, and he draws us away with our desires, and entices us. That means we want to fulfill that desire in a wrong way. Note here at this [...]

The question was raised: “If our spirit is perfect and is now in union with Christ, how can that spirit not direct our soul and body to walk holy all the time?”
God values choice. If the life of faith were automatic, there would be no value in it. It wasn’t automatic for Jesus: “Father, if [...]

The main point of our lives is to abide in Christ, to trust him, to walk according to the Spirit. If we are doing that (and we know deep down if we are), then we have to let the chips of people’s judgments fall as they may. Religious people judge by appearances. They often convict [...]

Jesus was falsely accused of many things. In eating with extortioners and sinners, adulterous women, drunks, braggarts, hot-tempered self-vaunting men, and self-righteous Pharisees, his reputation was often sullied. He was accused of being a glutton, and a drunkard. What did the religious leaders think when a prostitute came into the dinner room, wet his dirty [...]

“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.” (Matthew 23:8-10)
Call no man your guide, your [...]

First of all, what is the good news? What exactly is the Gospel? Is it that Jesus paid my sin debt so now I can go to Heaven? Well, Heaven is part of the Gospel trip, but there’s a lot more to what Christ accomplished. The Word of God says I died with Christ, the [...]

Omnipresence is one of the least held doctrines in many of our minds. God is present everywhere, at all times. When we couple omnipresence with God working all things after the counsel of his own will, and God working all things together for good to them that love him, and actually reckon it true, count [...]

We can study the Bible, talk about Truth, even write books about it, and yet not actually be stepping out in faith. We may be giving intellectual assent to ideas about God, may even trust him in certain ways. We can trust that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ washed away our sins, that we are [...]

(By the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This is very much worth taking the time to read. RB)
These remarks may assist those, who, conscientiously attempting the duties of religion, find them so often a hard and painful endeavor, and who progress by a constant and desperate struggle. How is all to be made easy?—to follow forth [...]

We get a thought. It seems to come out of nowhere. Because we don’t question where it came from, we allow it; we accept it as “my thought.” So we turn it around in our minds, mull it over. This often creates feelings. A trickle of sadness, anxiety, or anger begins. Then another thought comes [...]