Just because someone is poor, doesn’t mean that the church should provide for them. The Bible contains strict criteria for who we are obligated to help, and who we should ignore.
Just because someone is poor, doesn’t mean that the church should provide for them. The Bible contains strict criteria for who we are obligated to help, and who we should ignore.
The Apostle Paul was willing to say “I am the chief of sinners.” So why are we so afraid to acknowledge our own sinfulness? Perhaps, this reveals the fact that we still struggle to believe that the Gospel is a message of grace, not works.
Life is not fair. However, the manner in which we choose to respond to suffering bears witness to the glory of God and the beauty of the Christian faith.
When Christians confess their sin, they are not “informing” God of their sin, but “agreeing” with God regarding what he says about the severity of their sin.
“Some of the Israelites that passed over Jordan perhaps were so stupid, and so little affected with this great favour of God to them, that they felt no concern to have it remembered; while others, it may be, were so much affected with it, and had such deep impressions made upon them by it, that they thought there needed no …
“Happy New Years Everyone! | There appears to be a growing divide in American Evangelicalism. Whether it be the political sphere, cultural sphere, or church sphere, the “middle ground” seems to be rapidly disappearing. Today, pastors are either bold or compromising. So how can a Christian quickly identify whether or not a specific pastor is a coward, before investing years …