Your lust, your addiction, your lying, your sin will kill you. Proverbs 7 was likely composed between 971 and 931 B.C. That is around 3,000 years ago. So how does this passage apply to us? First, we must look at what the passage is addressing. Look at Proverbs 7:10-12. Who is the woman in this […]
Scripture is Sufficient to Address our Problems
The Bible gives us more than mere commands. It gives us the proper lens whereby to understand life.[i] The psalmist says that God’s Word is a light to our path (Ps. 119:105; cf. Ps. 1; 119:44-45; Prov. 6:23; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:3-4). What does it mean that God’s Word is […]
The Accomplishing Power of God
There is a lot I want to do. There is more I cannot do. I am limited, finite. I die. Grow tired. God, thank Him, is not like me. He accomplishes all His will—always.* And, unlike me, that is a good thing. God is not like me. If I accomplished all my will this world would […]
Christians, you cannot un-friend those that you find to be unfriendly!
The following blog is from one of the GCC elders, Eric Evans… God often offers us opportunities to serve as an example for those who are lost and do not know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. We must strive to recognize those opportunities and we must not pass them over. I recently saw […]
When Relationships Fall Apart and Friends Look Like Enemies
Here is are some thoughts from the eldest and most mature of the elders, Eric Evans… As we walk through life our contact and relationships with other people often results in emotional wounds, fears, resentment and an unforgiving spirit. We can view our walk through life as a long hallway with locked doors to […]
Thoughts From A Dead Person on Riches
Henry Smith was a Puritan from the 16th century. This is what he had to say about riches… “Riches are like painted grapes, which look as though they would satisfy a man, but do not slake his hunger or quench his thirst. Riches indeed do make a man covet more, and get envy, and keep […]
Thoughts From A Dead Person
Parents, do you praying for your children? Do you pray with them? In his book originally published in 1699, the Puritan Cotton Mather has some advice that is very applicable hundreds of year later… Parents, pray with your children, as well as for them. Family prayer must be maintained by all those parents, that […]
Are you an animal?
“He is just an animal.” That is not a very nice thing to say. But sometimes it is not far from the truth. Sin is sub-human. God created us in His image. Not in the image of a dog sniffing the air for food or…. God made us to resemble Himself, morally and spiritually. The […]
"…in Your presence there is fullness of joy…"
“You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” ~ Psalm 16:11 “Path of life.” How true that statement is! There is a way that seems right to a man, as the Proverb says, but in the end it is […]
Why God Didn't Let Me Win The Powerball
Last year, when the Powerball lottery was at some unfathomable amount, a person my wife works with gave everyone Powerball lottery tickets. We had never played the lottery before and have no plans to play it in the future, but we accepted the kind gift. For a split moment, we wondered what it would be […]