Hmm, what about priorities in Christian Life? I love my wife. My kids are precious. I also love the birds near our home. My job and the house we own, I also love. I love my country and am politically center right. Oatmeal is part of my every morning routine and am not as happy if I cannot. I love God and am His forever. Now when all these needs and wants come at once, which is most important? What …
First, let’s see the passage where we get the idea of weakness as strength. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may …
Pilate asked a good question, What is Truth? Unfortunately, it appears he did not believe Jesus had the best answer. Jesus has said that He is the Truth. Amen. But, we as Christians need to further treasure truth in all its forms. Pilate was confused because he knew that liars confuse the facts and make truth hard to find. How should we know the truth and not be deceived? Jesus came to bring us the truth. However, people muddle Jesus …
Can we admit our life is out of control and God is Not? A full two years into the first pandemic in 100 years the world is not too well. What I mean is that emotional health is not well, and I think that impinges on our relationship with God and each other. Polarization is also mostly out of our control. That does not even touch our family problems. How can we be smiling when so many loved ones have …
Christmas and Easter are both famous. However the New Testament did not establish any Christian holidays, but does mention Jewish Holidays like Passover and Pentecost (Feast of Weeks). Some Christians have decided not to celebrate any special days as Paul seemed to say this was the most mature way. 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! However, reading the whole context, we can know that he was concerned that people were trying to appease God by …
This web site is called www.Mainthing.Us not US but Us because the main thing is for us. My recognition of the problem of the main thing began my junior year of college. My best friend and I were passionately active in a college ministry called The Navigators. To date, we are both still passionate for God. However, at the time, I had a matter of disputable matters and the Bible to face and learn. This began when he decided to …
What is Christian marriage? Funny question to ask in a blog post when so many books have been written. What does the Bible say about marriage? How is that relevant to us? In Genesis 2:24, the Bible says, 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. God does not say this about my Mom and me or my wife and our kids. He says this about husband and …
Jesus did not start any denominations, yet today there are thousands. How should we view that? Why so many Christian Denominations? In the 2000 years since Pentecost, the church has grown from hundreds to billions. Jesus encouraged us to have faith. He did not give any guidance on seminaries, church buildings, church size, or a plethora of other topics. Jesus was looking to lead all who would follow. In the Bible, the church started in Jerusalem, but Jerusalem was destroyed …
Some stories in the Bible encompass a whole chapter or more and have one main lesson for us. Sometimes the Bible is overwhelming. For example, let’s be overwhelmed with these 59 words. We can spend a lifetime in 59 words like this. 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful …
The term good news gets thrown around a lot. What about that? What is good news? The term appears 44 times in the New Testament. In old English, good news was said gospel. So, it still appears in the Bible due to tradition. Guess we should pay some attention to Gospel and Good news. The Gospel of Mark begins. 1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,[a] the Son of God,[b] Therefore, Mark’s whole book is about the gospel. …
