matthew-6:21

an. 1 -- Read before my owner retired -- several chapters. Jan. 15 -- Been resting quietly for a week. I suppose my owner has forgotten me. Feb. 2 -- Clean up. I was dusted along with other things and put back in place. Feb. 8 -- Owner used me for a few minutes to look up a reference before he went ... Read More

THE following letters are published at the request of many. Many arguments have been, and, no doubt, will yet be, offered against the sentiments. The most weighty of them I have noticed; but the most common are unworthy of notice, being nothing but retoiled refined stuff of human invention--bold uns... Read More

Matthew 19:26 - But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Mark 9:23 - Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth. Mark 10:27 - And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is] im... Read More

Philippians 4:6-7 - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Read More...) 1 Peter 5:7 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Matthew 6:25-34 - Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for yo... Read More

Some years ago, when I was pastoring a growing church, the Holy Spirit asked me a question that opened my eyes to see how far short I was falling in fulfilling God's general vision. The Holy Spirit asked me the following question as I was reading about the future judgment of the sheep and the goats ... Read More

Matthew 6:2-4, 19-34 When therefore you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right... Read More

We've now completed our study of Jesus' major statements regarding stewardship. If you're still reading, you've probably made some very significant stewardship decisions. Yet the flow of the world and most of the church may well be tempting you to wonder if you are out of your mind. Let me assure yo... Read More

It was pointed out to me that the title of last month's E-teaching, Jesus, the Greatest Prosperity Preacher, was a phrase also used by a popular prosperity preacher in one of his teaching articles. He used that phrase, however, not as I did, but rather as a serious claim that Jesus was in fact just ... Read More

Imagine a person taking a block of wood and carving it to look like a bearded man in a robe. At the bottom of his wooden figurine, he carves the name "Jesus." Finally, each day he bows before it in worship. Does that make him a Christian? No, that makes him an idolater. He is worshipping something t... Read More

The "double deception" that deludes so many professing Christians is this: First, they believe that they are saved when they actually are not; and second, they believe they can never lose what they actually don't possess. Their doom is doubly sealed, often with the help of their pastor's soothing se... Read More