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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?
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
- Acts 4:13 (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 have also started a blog at fadingman.blogspot.com which focuses on knowing Jesus in a New Testament disciple way. Why not stop by and visit it?
Most Recent Content
2012-01-06 07:46:50Joseph - 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)
2011-11-23 10:14:05The Lord Who Loves UsNEW
"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)
2011-07-24 12:52:06Search And Links
Search the Internet from this page, or go to the search service of your choice by selecting the service name. AltaVista Google ... (read more)
2011-06-19 02:01:08Following Jesus
(From sermon of December 4, 2005) A teenage girl got lost in her car in a snow storm. She remembered what her dad had once told her: "If you ever get stuck in a snow storm, wait for a snow plow and follow it." Pretty soon a snow plow ca... (read more)
2011-06-17 06:58:13The Mathematics Of Heaven Or Hell
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.' ... And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." - Matth... (read more)
2011-06-17 07:13:52Grace Appeciated
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places... - Ephesians 1:3 (ESV) I've been thinking about God's mercy and grace lately. He doesn't de... (read more)
2011-06-17 07:03:35The Biblical Model For The Marriage Relationship
(We recently hosted a couple's fellowship/retreat in Beatty. The following comes from a talk I gave on the last day of the retreat.) Practially speaking, all marriages are based on one or more models. Much of what we think marriage is suppose... (read more)
2011-06-17 07:00:46A Heart Of Repentance
Repentance is generally defined as a change of mind that leads to a change of actions (behavior), but this definition can be somewhat vague. After all, what sort of change of mind is meant? Is it just moving from unbelief to belief in certain facts ... (read more)
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