In Genesis 2, there are two trees in the midst of the Garden of Eden: the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of life would give, well, life. It was aptly named! Regarding the other tree, the Lord told Adam, “In the day that you eat... Continue Reading

The enemy is seeking to make us doubt the goodness, love, presence, and power of God. He knows that, if we begin to question God’s character and power, we will quit going to God and seeking his help. Satan’s lies are meant to damage and weaken our faith so that on the other side of... Continue Reading

Shame is a powerful tool of the enemy and the reason he continues to lodge powerful accusations against us. If he can get us to shrink from the Lord in shame, then he can make us feel too guilty to pray, read the Word, serve and attend a local church, etc. Shame causes us to... Continue Reading

The gospel is unbelievably great news, especially when held in its proper context without accreted doctrines and additional requirements that burden believers’ consciences. My heart is heavy knowing that, in the pursuit of church tradition perceived as rooted and reverent, many believers will find their consciences bound to fallible doctrines.   In recent years, several... Continue Reading

He is the God who moves the hearts of kings and causes the seasons to change, and He is the Father who provides our daily bread, whatever form that takes. Because of who God is, we can’t pray anything too big or too small.   We should not be afraid to pray big prayers. There... Continue Reading

The day you put your faith in Christ, the angels broke out in song! When you shared the gospel with a friend and she believed, heaven rejoiced! Any time a sinner looks away from himself and looks instead to Jesus, heaven celebrates. Shouldn’t we imitate heaven?   If you spend any time on social media... Continue Reading

Don’t be deceived, these minor compromises lead to bigger and bigger compromises. The devil is smart, and he knows that those little sins are the gateway to major failures. Praise God that we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.    “Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it... Continue Reading

The Serpent’s tactic is to always challenge the law of God and have it replaced by man’s own word—man’s own law. “Hath God said?” Follow your own reason and “…ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:5). Surely God is unreasonable, harsh, and unjust in His law. Surely the creature knows better... Continue Reading

In his earthly ministry, Jesus also taught and assumed that a right reading of the Old Testament would lead one not only to a vague understanding that Jesus would come but rather to an accurate knowledge of him. When confronting some Jewish leaders, he boldly told them, “You search the Scriptures because you think that... Continue Reading

The divine I AM life of God belongs to Jesus and it is eternally given to him from his Father. The Father didn’t start giving the Son this life at some point so that Jesus became God at some point in time. While human fathers become fathers at a point in time when their children... Continue Reading