True Repentance

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land…

The Problem (1)

And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. Genesis 18:20 NASB Sin – Sin is a problem. It’s not just a moral problem or a spiritual problem or a theological problem. Sin is an etymological problem. Why? Because the meaning of the terms used…

Checklist

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. Jonah 3:5 Believed In – Do you believe in God?  More than eighty percent of Americans answer “Yes.”  Do you suppose they believe in God in the same way that…

The Treasure Principle

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.  Proverbs 10:2 Nothing – How’s your portfolio doing?  Of course, for most of us that’s a pointless question.  We don’t have a “portfolio.”  We don’t have treasures stored up here on earth.  We live paycheck to paycheck.  In these times, there are a few more…