Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Friday the 13th. What do these movies conjure up in your mind? In some way or form, your probably think of the idea of fear. Horror movies play on our fears. Why? Because we know that girl on the screen is about to get it. You know how it happens. […]
Spiritual Warfare – Our enemies: The world
1 John 2:15-16 (ESV) 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the […]
Devotions in the book of Proverbs – Introduction
Starting a new book of the Bible with the devotional blogs. Usually, I post about one of these a week as part of our effort to encourage people to read the Bible for themselves and find application to life. Starting next week we will use the Old Testament book of Proverbs. This blog is an […]
Great sermon on sin by John Piper
Read the blog and other stuff I write enough and you will know that I have a great deal of respect and admiration for John Piper. I think this is true because just about every time I hear him speak, he somehow has the password to the lock on my heart and his words find […]
Spiritual warfare – battling the flesh
Followers of Jesus continually battle three enemies, the flesh, the world, and the devil. We’ve looked at the Devil, and the fallen angelic beings that wage war against us. The second enemy is something within that continually pushes back against the purpose of God and the new person that one becomes because of the indwelling […]