Religion Can Get In the Way Of Your Own Salvation Part 2 If you have always gone to church you could have trouble accepting the truth that you need a spiritual rebirth. According to Jesus’ teaching everyone “must be born again.” We all need to be twice born. Once “from above,” or a supernatural rebirth. Christianity at its very core, is about our each having a supernatural… Read More
Book Review: Pilgrims In Their Own Land In Pilgrims in Their Own Land 1 Martin Marty catalogs the history of religion in the United States. Marty traces the pilgrimage of immigrants to American soil while paying close attention to their religious beliefs and practices. After examining each group’s religious beliefs, he then explores the interplay between new beliefs and those that were… Read More
Religion Can Get In The Way Of Your Own Salvation Many Christians were raised in the church. For some this Christian heritage gets in the way of their own salvation. In John Jesus talks to someone whose spiritual heritage is getting in the way of his own salvation. His name is Nicodemus and he has one of the most impressive spiritual resumes in all of… Read More
Help May Be Closer Than You Think Some days are better than others. Fridays are good, so good, in fact, that a restaurant chain has taken the initials of a common phrase spoken by most of us on Fridays as their name, “TGIF” (Thank God It’s Friday). At the other end of the spectrum is Monday. The day we return to work… Read More
Too Often We Take Our Most Important Gifts For Granted Why do Christians need to be renewed from time to time in their Christian walk? Sometimes it is due to overt sin, but other times it is due to a sin that is not as pronounced or noticeable. That sin is the failure to love God enough. I don’t know about you, but I find… Read More