It has been said that familiarity breeds contempt. Our singings have been going on now for some time. Were you there last night? Did you forget, or have something “better” to do? Please consider whether your time could be spent in doing anything better than offering praise to God!
How the shall we use the tongue? It is a decision we should make before we become angry with others. We should remember the admonition of the apostle Paul, “‘Be angry and do not sin’: Do not let the sun go down on your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26).
It is our choice. Will we choose apathy, leading to spiritual blindness and apostasy? Or, will we choose zeal, leading to a sure standing with God, and an eternal abode with our “Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”?
So, what Buddhists themselves reveal about their faith validates Hume’s comments. Buddhists believe in Karma. What goes around comes around. Because of Woods ignorant and evil actions, he will have to suffer. There will be no escape. His suffering is immediate, and there is no escape from it. As Prothero put it, “he is going to have to pay for whatever wrongs he’s done.”
In contrast, the Christian faith points to Jesus Christ as Savior.
What we have preserved for us today is the true, complete and inspired word of God!
Perhaps the best known and most quoted passage in scripture is Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” It is also one of the most misunderstood and misused passages in scripture. The sermon seeks to explain Jesus’ teaching in the passage.
The sermon seeks to explain what is, and what is not Autonomy, as revealed and defined in the Scriptures, especially regarding the Lord’s Church.
So there you have it, debauchery, immorality, false religion and violence. And that is just from four stories in a single day, as the year 2010 begins. These are not exceptional for our time, they are the norm.
We, of course, have to live “in” the world… But, we certainly do not have to be “of” the world (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
I do not know of a better habit to form than daily Bible reading. The commitment is no more than 30 minutes a day. Those who have a fast reading rate can finish the reading in 20 minutes or less each day.
One of the sermons in the series, Simple Answers for Difficult Questions. The sermon shows why it is sinful to smoke marijuana (or use other illicit drugs).
A simple sermon containing suggestions on how to live more zealously for God in 2010, beginning a new year, and a new decade.
