Christian Credentials

I know, it is a pretty contradictory ideal from a Christian perspective.   The bible says that pride IS sin.   What I am talking about are the people (used to be one) who attend church, go to bible study and tithe, etc.  Some of them do it not to please the Lord or live a righteous […]

Are we seeking to be out of the fire?  We shouldn’t be.  We are there for a reason. A lot of times, Christians seek to be delivered from struggles when they shouldn’t be. God has us there for a reason.  He is trying to purify us.  How can we be  “finished” if we desire to […]

Living in the “now” is the hardest thing a Christian will face.  We are so caught up in the future or living in the past that we cannot be alive to the present.  God is the god of now, (the great I AM) and we must live in the now in order to know God […]

Faith is not believing and believing isn’t faith.  If you are in the realm of believing (present tense) you cannot be in the realm of receiving (present tense).  The bible says that faith “is” the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1).  Faith is present like God is present […]