A Christ Follower: The Journey

       All around us, and almost daily, some really horrifying things are happening throughout the world in the name of a particular God whom the terrorist themselves call Allah.  Evil seems to abound throughout the globe, and there does not seem to be an end in site to all the carnage. Morally people take the lives of their own babies from the early days of pregnancies to the later stages of a pregnancy, even in the ninth month.  What use to  be called deviant behavior and pure sexual immorality is now being touted as a "civil right." Some are so traumatized by life that they end their life journey by committing suicide.  War seems to be everywhere.  Earthquakes, famine, malignant growths (pestilence,) sorcery (pharmakeia or drug abuse,) murder, hatred, disrespect for the elderly or any fellow human beings ... all of these abound.  Some people in our inner cities are fearful of even walking out there doors because a stray bullet might kill them.  All throughout Facebook, T

Commentary:  Given this is an election year, Jesus teaching is timely. Chaplain Mac Chapter 3 Excerpted From  Rock-Solid Living In A Quicksand World TRUE & FALSE  PROPHETS OR LEADERS Matthew 7:15–23 Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’

I do believe! Help me overcome my unbelief! Mark 9:24 --A Wavering Dad's Request.      Imagine one of your children, grandchildren, niece or nephew is suffering bitterly.  And they have been suffering for quite sometime.  Their sickness has rendered them speechless, and it almost appears they are possessed.   You have gone to some of the best around who were noted as healers and even authentic miracle workers, but in the case of your child, the situation seems to be getting worse.  How would you feel?  What would you be thinking?  What could possibly be happening inside your Temple of The Holy Spirit?     Then imagine Jesus coming your way.  As far as anyone knows, the only time He couldn't do miracles was in His own hometown of Nazareth.   The folks could simply not believe that a local hometown boy, the son of a carpenter, could work miracles.  Guess what? He could not because of their unbelief.  Jesus actually made a comment about these "friends and relatives.