Would you call both of these things sin? Would you rate them equally harmful habits? Would you like to have victory over either one, or both? Would you be interested in knowing what God thinks about these things? Read on...
It seems, at least in America, that it is fashionable to talk about faith, and even to praise people for their strong faith. True faith is strengthened, not by focusing on itself, but by gazing on the face of its Author and Finisher.
Why do people get sick? Who is to blame for physical suffering? How can illness be prevented? A look at these questions and more, and a reminder that we will only wish for physical healing as long as we live in our physical bodies. May God receive glory from our lives in both sickness and health!
Washing feet? at church?? Did Jesus really mean for people in the 21st century to do THAT? A study of our Lord's example in John 13, and the lessons He taught of spiritual cleansing, humble service, sacrificial love and equality, that will still bless obedient Christians who wash feet today.
Truth and Mercy...strange bedfellows when you stop to think about it. Can they share a friendly coexistence? Yes - because of Jesus' death, we need not choose between truth OR mercy, but we may have both Truth AND Mercy.
Water: a basic human need. Does it matter HOW the needed water is located? Does God's Word have any thing to say on the subject of water dowsing/witching? A thoughtful look at this perplexing topic, and some questions raised to which no answers are given....and yet, Biblical direction is found.
The Bible abounds with references to the great power of prayer. But do we know it also teaches that there is an even greater power in collective prayer? Let us not cease praying; who knows what God will yet do when saints meet to pray?