Category Archives: Salvation

Sorry, but you can’t do one good thing without God.

…all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags… – Isaiah 64:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) Many people – even some who call themselves Christians – adhere to the belief that if they perform more good

Sometimes you just have to put on the other guy’s shoes.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21, King James Version (KJV) Our church utilizes a program called Kids4Truth

Just think of God as your friendly, neighborhood rescue worker.

Deliver those who are drawn away to death, and those who totter to the slaughter, hold them back [from their doom]. – Proverbs 24:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) For the past week or so, heavy rains have caused severe flooding in

When you feel utterly alone, remember that God is with you from cradle to grave.

…you who have been borne by Me from your birth…and even to hair white with age will I carry you. – Isaiah 46:3-4, AMP There are times in life when you feel utterly alone. Perhaps everyone has indeed abandoned you. Perhaps

Are you really God’s disciple?

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother…” – Luke 14:26, AMP Can you really consider yourself a disciple of Christ?  Most Christians would be quick to answer, “Yes!”, to this question, but how

God knows how Fred feels.

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity and tenderness [for him]; and he ran and embraced him and kissed him [fervently]. – Luke 15:20, AMP There are few things

The key to having Christ’s character is found in this one word.

…the greatest of these is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13, AMP If you were in Solomon’s place, and God gave you the opportunity to ask for anything in the universe, what would you ask for?  Wisdom, as Solomon requested? Peace?

Success or failure in following God boils down to one thing.

Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent…  – John 6:29, AMP I’m an 80/20 Principle kind of guy, and the reason I am is because

Trying to buy your way to Heaven is like trying to make 10 million pairs of socks with your own two hands.

7 None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—8 For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice—9 So that he

God can show you how to never offend again.

Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. Psalm 119:165, AMP Tragedy struck friends and families of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana around 4:15 pm on Saturday, July 28, 2013. Less than a