A Christ Follower: The Journey

     I know of a man who accomplished great things.  He planted churches all over his world.  He withstood some of the most horrific challenges known to humanity. Abuse and even torture had been directed toward him just to silence him, and he would not be silenced.  The power of The Holy Spirit was upon him in such away that everywhere he went God did something unusual. He wrote prolifically and recorded letters/books that God used and uses to transform lives for more than two millennia. He led untold numbers to a saving faith in Jesus Christ.  In his earlier years, he was fairly well off as a key religious leader of his era, but he counted all that as if it were rubbish to simply please God and do God's will.  He could very easily be considered successful.      However, I also remember him one day saying that he was really upset with himself.  He was, on that day, really down on himself.  He was clearly mad at himse...

Faith is the certainty of the things for which we hope, And it is the proof of the things we do not see. Hebrews 11:1      We are living in some very uncertain times. At least they are uncertain for people without faith.  For those who do not have faith in God, and in His Christ and in His Holy Spirit, there are some very real questions about what happens when the heart stops beating, the breath ceases to provide cellular respiration and the circuitry of this magnificent computer that we call a brain goes dark. There is some real uncertainty about daily living that leaves these faithless ones with a walk that is frightening.  And even the most left of center person (that mocks people for clinging to the their God, Guns and Religion) finds a way to pull their god off a shelf to help them when they are overwhelmed. They even call on their friends whom they mock.  Yup! Faithlessness leaves people standing on shaky quicksand like ground.   ...

T he Silence of The Church & Mainstream Media is DEAFENING!!!! Reports of one of ISIS’s many atrocities are making their way around the world , no thanks to mainstream western journalists:  In August, 2015, ISIS crucified and beheaded 11 or 12 indigenous Christian missionaries – after publicly gang-raping the women.  The disturbing details of this execution were recently recounted by the missionaries’ director. ISIS took the missionaries captive in early August.  After they all refused to renounce Christ and return to Islam, the missionaries were separated into two groups. At one of the locations, ISIS “summoned a crowd” and then crucified the missionary team leader and his 12 year old son, along with two other young men in their twenties. “All were badly brutalized and then crucified,” the group’s ministry leader said. “They were left on their crosses for two days. No one was allowed to remove them.” According to reports, the ISIS militants posted signs by...

Did You Last Ask Jesus To Pray For You? Therefore, HE is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25       The Holy People of God are made so because the Savior "completely" saves us:  HE redeems us and forgives EVERY sin ... past, present and future. ( Hebrews 9:12 ) HE sanctifies us or makes us holy.  That is HE sets us apart for HIS holy use. ( Hebrews 10:10 ) AND HE makes us perfect in God's sight. (Hebrews 10:14 NIV.) Given all this is true, you can see why the Hebrew writer calls this being saved "completely;" yet, in this passage,  people tend to miss one highly important truth that needs to stand out for us, because an important spiritual practice is not practiced.      What are you talking about SoJourner? I am talking about what the above passages says that Jesus "always lives to" do on our behalf.  Did you get that?  HE A-L-W-A-Y-S ...

For God So Loved The World That He Gave.           Many of us who have labored in God's "Vineyard" and sought to give love away ... HIS love away ... face the same challenge that Almighty God faces, whether it be with strangers or with friends and family.   If we give love way, will it be received or rejected?  From God's perspective, the beauty of this is that God knew the outcome before He made the offer, and HE still made the offer anyway.  Some would receive the love, and some would not. Nevertheless, He looked at the world lost in darkness and broken by sin, and before creation was ever ... well ... ever created, HE planned to love us even though we did not love Him.          The plan did not involve giving a half way attempt. It involved God giving HIS all to the world.  He gave up His ONLY biological son.  He gave up HIS sinless Son.  He gave up the perfect child to take the punishment on ...

What God Says About Abortion      Hear we go again, as we discuss what 91% of Christ-Followers requested their Pastor open their mouths and proclaim "Thus Saith The Lord."  For me, of all topics that can be discussed, this one is Horrific, Heart Breaking and God's Heavenly commands/word is very clear.  HORRIFIC:     I use this word because over 40 years ago, shortly after Rowe V. Wade was codified by a few people wearing black robes, I saw the results of an abortion up close and personal.  Part of my job as a medic/med lab specialist was to send surgical specimens out to our Pathology folks.  One "specimen" that crossed my counter was in a clear container, but I could not see what was inside (at first) because the label I was reading prevented me from doing so.  The label said "Uterine Cuttings."  When I turned the container around to do my job I nearly dropped the container!  I stared down at a fully fo...

We would like to know what the Bible says about abortion, when life begins, contraception adoption and unwed mothers .                Recently I blogged regarding a survey that was done querying Christ-Followers as to what they would want to hear from their Preachers as they preached on Sunday.  So here is my attempt to blog about these issues, one at a time… and in parts. In doing so, I would like the reader to keep in mind that this cannot be exhaustive nor cover everything; however, I will do my best to be effective and efficient in my writing.      Let me start with unwed mother :  If the two people involved claim to be Christ-Followers and they really want to get their lives truly on track, this would be a time to sincerely make their confession to God for the sin they have committed.  Non-marital sex or pre-marital sex is a violation of one of God’s liberating li...