On Peter and Judas

On Peter and Judas

Once brokenness occurs in a life, there is no turning back. Once you know the depths of what you are capable of and see the detrimental results of your sin on other people, you are ripe to be either forgiven or judged. Peter choose the former, Judas the latter. Once you are broken, “…you will be anxious to do the will of God.”

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Steering Away from the Path of Poverty

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. - Proverbs 23:19  Have you ever found yourself in a point in your life where you asked yourself “How did I get here?” The answer is simple and clear. We are where we are because of the road we’ve been traveling. Ignorance of where the road leads does not change the fact that you will arrive at the end of the particular road you are on. In ‘The Principle of the Path: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be‘ by Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Church, opens with a story of how he and a friend were traveling...

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Bible Study Notes from Twisting the Truth – The Source of Deception

Bible Study Notes from Twisting the Truth  – The Source of Deception

Is there an unseen world that impacts our seen world? Are there invisible supernatural entities that impact our natural, visible lives? Is there really a devil? What a way to start a new series, no?  In Lesson One: The Source of Deception from Andy Stanley’s Twisting the Truth, we discovered some basic facts that all Christian should know but few believe or at least take seriously. There is an invisible supernatural world that impacts our visible natural world on a daily basis. And, as the characters in the promotional intro to the study stated “Don’t believe us, then we are doing our job”, we learned that to ignore these forces that plot against us is to wave a white flag of surrender. It doesn’t have to be that way. Lesson One: ...

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