A person’s worldview has tremendous consequences, affecting his actions and their outcome. Either he will live a life according to God’s Word or live according to the dictates of Satan, the world, and his own physical desires.
Being sincere is a noble virtue, at least if it is for the right cause. However, people may lie, kill, or steal thinking they are sincerely helping in a situation. But it is possible to be sincerely wrong! The Bible links true sincerity with believing and living the truth.
We need to shift our focus from a “getting saved” formula to one that plumbs the depth of human need, and so prepares one to deny himself, and take up the cross to follow Jesus Christ on the narrow way that leads to life.
Americans cherish twin freedoms: freedom of religion, and freedom of speech. But they are overlooking an important fact: unrestrained freedoms are sure to self-destruct.
Evolution is a religion of death, depending on the death of multitudes of creatures to improve. The hope of the Christian is in the abolishing of death at Calvary. All who trust and obey Jesus receive eternal life and live on after physical death because Jesus rose from the grave, a minister of life
Politics is, by its very nature, the art of compromise. Christianity, by its very nature, is a voluntary faith that does not force itself on others. The temptation is to trust in the hope that somehow Christianizing politics and government will lead to the betterment of society.
Will the pastor or the leader who functions as a CEO neglect the essence of the Gospel—to preach Christ without compromise and show genuine love and concern, meeting spiritual needs? Can he do this when his main focus is on bolstering attendance?
I am not promoting Democrat, Republican, or Independent—not even conservative, liberal, more social programs, or less spending. But I would like to ask: Why can’t we leave the word “Christian” out of politics?
Does the Bible and our obedience to its teaching affect our family relationships and keep us from the corrupt influences of our society? When God’s Word calls for love and obedience, do our neighbors see any difference in our lives?
Compromise in churches in the last century has led to many problems in our society. We need to get back to the Bible and its sure foundation, or we and our children will become not only irreligious, but even agnostic and eventually atheistic.
The single greatest threat to the world today is the lack of survival quotient value in her men. One would think that with the magnitude of national and worldwide cultural troubles, there would be a conscious effort to return to moral soundness. Instead, the opposite is true.
The issue of whether the world is getting better or worse has given rise to differing opinions. Is the world moving toward utopia or destruction?
If we are, as the Psalmist wrote, "fearfully and wonderfully made", Who made us? If God made us, is it right to tamper with or attempt to edit His design?