Suffering: Job or Jonah?

Examine yourselves to see whether you be of the faith  – 2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV There is this tendency amongst believers to judge a person’s spiritual condition by their physical circumstances. For example, we tend to assume that a man who enjoys a general state of happiness must be in God’s favor. Some of us…

Interracial Marriage

My position on interracial marriage is that, quite frankly, it is acceptable. I base this stance on the authority of the Word of God. The irony, I realize is that many prejudicial preachers have attempted to use the Bible to condemn interracial marriage, but I feel that they must be reading into the Bible what…

Halloween as gateway drug

Halloween is one of the more controversial subjects a Christian can ponder, as we weigh whether or not a Christian can or should participate in a holiday so closely associated with the occult. It is my hope that this blog will shed some insight upon the subject. And, yes, of course I realize just how…

The Crucifixion and the Issue of Blame

Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone of it with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Zechariah 4:7 The so-called “Christ-killers” As long as I’ve been a Christian I have noticed that some are still preoccupied with the issue of whom to…

Building God’s House

“Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house to lie waste?” -Haggai 1:4 Haggai was one of the post-captivity prophets. He was a contemporary of Zechariah, according to Ezra 5:1-2. His message, as we see in our text, was to rebuke the returned exiles for their delay…