Note: The following article originally appeared in the Miami Herald on September 7th, before Ivan hit the coast of Alabama, and caused several deaths in the Florida Panhandle)
MIAMI - (KRT) - Charley, Frances and Ivan. Three major hurricanes. Two assaults on Florida already and possibly a third by next week. Get used to it. This […]
The church is not the physical building. The church is not a denomination. The church is the body of saved individuals. In scripture, those individuals who are members of the Lord’s church in a particular city or location band together as a local congregation to do the Lord’s work.
The victory of truth is not because of a tolerance of error, but rather because men speak against error. Lines have to be drawn when some depart from the truth of God’s word.
Gibbons, in his well respected work entitled, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, lists 7 reasons he contends were the major culprits resulting in the fall of the greatest of the ancient empires. The seven reasons listed are:
The divorce rate rose.
Taxes got higher
More public money was spent for welfare.
The craving for greater pleasure and […]
The use of obscenity is condemned in scripture, and unworthy behavior for one who would please God.
It is easy to blame the wrong thing when sin occurs. Ultimately, the blame goes not to the enticement, but rather to the lust of the tempted. In other words, God will hold us accountable for our desires.
