Unbelief is a sin and God is provoked by it. According to JC Ryle, Unbelief in what God can do is a “practical denial of God’s almighty power to doubt whether He can do a thing when He undertakes it. It is giving the lie to God to doubt whether He means to do a thing when He plainly promised that it would be done.”
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Prayers Are Not Necessarily Answered Immediately: Wait on the Lord
Have you ever prayed for something for a very long time and God does not seem to hear nor answer you?
Jesus: The Lord of Angels
“The appearance of Gabriel to Zechariah produced a marked effect. Zechariah was afraid and he trembled. The fear came from our inward sense of weakness, guilt and corruption. If angels are so great and terrible, what must the Lord of angels be?”
Is a Closer Walk with God a New Year’s Resolution for You?
One positive thing that has come out of 2020 with the Covid-19 Pandemic is the fact that Christians were placed in a situation where they could not attend a formal church service. Many of my Brothers and Sisters in Christ took the opportunity to lead Bible studies in their homes with their own families as well as disciple their family as well as others.
The Birth of Jesus According to the Gospel of Luke
The Birth of Jesus Christ 2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because heContinue reading “The Birth of Jesus According to the Gospel of Luke”
The First Evangelists After Jesus Was Born
Were you aware that the Shepherds who were in tending their flocks of sheep in the fields were the very first evangelists for Jesus?
Tik Tok Can be a Very Dark Place: Speaking Sin into Your Child’s Life
Most recently, after posting an evangelism video on Tik Tok, a video showed up in my feed of a Mom and her baby boy. She was speaking evil over her toddler. And then he agreed with her. As a Christian father, I was very shocked to see this. As adults, we have the choice toContinue reading “Tik Tok Can be a Very Dark Place: Speaking Sin into Your Child’s Life”
Amazing Love. How Can it Be?
Why is it that we do not see such great love today for our Savior, Jesus? Is our faith so weak that we have a low sense of obligation to the Lord?
A Summons and We Must Answer
Today, I had the pleasure of looking through my Grandfather’s sermon notes. My Grandfather’s name was Reverend Joseph E. Hocutt, and he was a co-vocational minister who was a circuit rider preacher on Sundays and a school teacher during the week in Sharpsburg, NC in the late 1800’s. In one of his sermons, he preachedContinue reading “A Summons and We Must Answer”
Thanksgiving: Why Not Thank God Daily?
Thanksgiving: Why Not Thank God Daily? Why is it that we celebrate Thanksgiving only one time a year? Thanksgiving is a day to celebrate and gives thanks for the harvest and the preceding year. It is a national holiday and celebrated in United States, Canada, Brazil, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia; at various times ofContinue reading “Thanksgiving: Why Not Thank God Daily?”