Welcome!
It has been said that Christianity is not a religion but a relationship. How true! Jesus did not come to give the world a new religion, but to give Himself. But while knowing this, we believers repeat these statements until they become cliches, and we still fall back into mere religion: lifeless rituals, thoughtless Bible reading, outward actions without the inward mindset and heart. How do we get back to that living, active relationship to our Savior?
Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.
- Psalms 149:5 (WEB)
This website is a collection of things I've written over the years on various topics ranging from the theological (apologetics) to knowing God better (discipleship, and short devotional-style thoughts). My walk with Christ has benefited greatly from spending time in God's Word, and I want to share what I've found. Just take a look at the topics listed under WRITINGS on the menu. If you find anything beneficial or interesting here, God gets the credit, not me. If you find anything that's outright wrong, I'll take the blame. (Just kindly let me know, will you? Thanks!)
I also have a blog at fadingman.dtjsoft.com which focuses on knowing Jesus in a New Testament disciple way. Why not stop by and visit it?
Most Recent Content
2012-05-07 07:59:20Joseph - A Type Of ChristUPDATED
The Old Testament contains various "types" of Christ - people who reflected what the Messiah would be like, but I think the one person who foreshadowed Jesus the most was Joseph, the son of Jacob. Here is a list of similarities I've fo... (read more)
2012-05-04 08:53:42The Subject Of WorshipNEW
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. - Psalm 47:6-7 Do you remember diagramming sentences in... (read more)
2012-04-13 06:56:40Recommended ReadingUPDATED
Some of these are out of print, but you may be able to find a used copy through a book finding service or Amazon.com. Some are also readable online by clicking on the link. Biographies and Personal Stories Memoir & Remains of Robert Murr... (read more)
2012-03-12 08:59:11Discipleship - Then and NowNEW
(I'm sure I posted this earlier, but it disappeared. Here it is again. I originally wrote this for fadingman.dtjsoft.com.) Introduction And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go ... (read more)
2012-03-08 09:35:03Living For FridayNEW
If you fit into the Monday-through-Friday work week category, then you're probably familiar with this mindset: The first day of the week on the job is the hardest. You have to settle back into the daily-grind. The end looks so far away, but ... (read more)
2012-02-11 10:23:39Fear God For Nothing
(This is the second part of a study in Job. The first part is available here.) Introduction Socrates once said "The unexamined life is not worth living." We do a lot of things without seriously considering the reasons why we do them.... (read more)
2012-02-02 09:23:11The Gospel According To Acts
The Bible is an evangelistic book, revealing God to us, our need for reconciliation to Him, and the means by which it happens. This reconciliation comes about only through the will, wisdom and power of God. The gospel is the good news of what G... (read more)
2011-11-23 10:14:05The Lord Who Loves Us
"You are my friends if you do what I command you." - Jesus How does this verse sit with you? Are you o.k. with a friend who makes demands? whose friendship is a condition based on submission to him? Is that true friendship? Is it lov... (read more)
2011-10-06 01:20:58First Fruits and Fasting
The twelve disciples just came back from an exhausting mission trip. Jesus had sent them out into the villages to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom and call people to repentance. I presume this took several weeks in that they also spent time healin... (read more)
2011-09-21 07:54:20The Descent
For let this mind be in you which also was in Christ Jesus, who subsisting in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men and being found in fashi... (read more)
All content written by Andrew Bernhardt unless otherwise noted. Site hosted on lunarpages.com.
Topic viewed 53640 times since 2009-07-02 02:50:14.
Last updated by System on 2011-08-19 07:50:13.
Donna