“I was preaching somewhere in a town of 5,000 people and this guy [who was a street preacher] . . . had earrings and everything and hair all moussed and all this stuff because man, he was working the street. . . . He’s the dude, he’s the man you know, Serpico for Jesus type…
Living for God’s glory contradicts everything we’ve ever been taught and everything we’ve ever wanted to believe. I’m the center of my universe. I see everything and everyone from my perspective. So my instinct, if I think about God at all, it is to think of ‘Him’ in relation to ‘me’. God, for example, is…
My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace. If we’ve performed well—whatever ‘well’ is in our opinion—then we expect God to bless us. If we haven’t done so well, our expectations are reduced accordingly. In this sense, we live…
Is justifying righteousness to be found in the person of Christ only? Then this should admonish us to take heed of seeking it in ourselves—that is, of working righteousness, thereby to appease the justice of God, lest by so doing we affront and blaspheme the righteousness of Christ. He that shall go about to establish…
· GOD IS THE ONE TRUE GOD · GOD MADE EVERYTHING (God is the Maker and Owner of all things.) · GOD IS GREATER THAN ANYONE (God is the greatest there is!) · GOD IS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING (He is the boss of everything) · GOD CAN DO ANYTHING (Nothing is too hard for…
