Does fear, trepidation, and anxiousness ever overwhelm your daily life? Do you have any interest in overcoming that fear, trepidation and anxiousness? The writer of Psalm 121 shows us how to live in the delightful reality of a moment-by-moment grace-filled life.
Perpetual feelings of guilt aren’t part of God’s plan – not for any of us. The Countryside Baptist family, along with its pastor and staff, do not exist in order to burden anyone with guilt. We’re here to help unload that guilt and overcome it. God’s purpose is not to rub guilt in our faces – He wants to rub it out altogether.
One man said he once thought that biblical passages about persecution applied to people who lived in other countries like, Russia, North Korea, China or Pakistan, etc.– but not here, not in the United States of America! Welcome to the new America.
These verses comprise what may be the most controversial passage in the Bible. This interpretive dilemma is answered in several different ways. There is the insecure group interpretation. There is the secure group interpretation. There is the mixed group interpretation. Which is correct? Are any correct? Get ready for a theological collision of epic proportions.
If each of us can make a lasting difference in the lives of 10-20 people in our lifetimes, that difference will be felt for generations to come. Our mission is defined by what we do for others and how we influence their lives. That truth stands at the heart of Matthew 10.
Jesus and His entourage seemed to treat religion as if it were a party. Their actions, of course, offended many who clung to the accepted religious practices of the day. However, while holding to their traditions, they missed a great work which God happened to be doing among them. Are you ready for the party?
Do you know the man who led my father to Christ? I could have been raised by a father who despised Christ, but someone led my father to Christ and my father led me to Christ. The man who led my father to Christ, though dead for decades, still has an impact on the world. That’s called greatness.
Is it possible to make a connection with God without a priest? If a priest is really necessary, just who are these priests; how many are in existence; where can they be found; and how is it possible to make sure that any so-called priest is the genuine article?
James addressed a congregation whose members had made a dichotomy between faith and practice – as long as a person believed right, behaving right didn’t matter. In terms that are clear, James presented his audience with this biblical truth: We are held accountable by God for what we know.
We sometimes think that we are invincible, that we are without vulnerability, that we are beyond the reaches of disaster and calamity. Then along comes an unexpected, colossal reminder that, indeed, we are exposed and unprotected, that we are susceptible, that we are without defense. Then what?