If your car breaks down, you have mechanical issues. If your computer breaks down, you have technical issues. If your tooth hurts, you have social issues right?

That last one doesn’t really make sense.

And yet Jesus seems to do the same when it comes to teachings about the Kingdom.

If you hate people, you have a heart issue?

Let’s clarify some things about the Bible. It is the written word of God.  Its teaching is our guide to ethical and Godly behavior.  But it is much more than an ethical guide.

It is a name.

It is living.

It is an agent of spiritual, emotional and physical change in our lives.

It is understood that prayer is a necessity, but the reading of God’s Word is also an absolute essential in the believer’s life.  If prayer were breathing, then the word of God would be nourishment.  We cannot live without either one.

For this reason the enemy of our soul would love to distract you from praying and discredit the Word of God.  But we must not let this happen!

The Bible is foundational to our faith.  Its authenticity is unprecedented. Its accuracy and truthfulness are mind blowing…many writers coming together to form a common purpose.   Its effect on us can be profound.  The Bible actually teaches us what we should know about itself.

Listen to the podcast to learn more.

Pardon me, but when was the last time you picked up some poop? Well according to Paul, he called all of his past religious success as, well…dung (according to the King James Version).

But what makes it so?

Political pressure seeks to minimize embarrassment.

“Let’s not do anything that may make people think we are reckless.”

“Praise should be orderly!”

“There should be nothing that would embarrass the senses of our dear people.”

“We do not want others to think we are crazy.”

“Our praises may make others uncomfortable.”

Why are we worried about the sensitivities of people?  If we bow to the pressure of others, it may stifle the very praise that God desires from us.  Worship should be for God… not for man.  It should show an abandonment of any pressure to be liked or a concern to be “cool”.

It must be understood that God the Father loves humanity.  John says, “God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but that through him men might be saved…”

Humanity is following its own path.  They are walking without understanding spiritual things. So when it comes to God, they are in darkness.

But God is long-suffering and has made a provision of grace for them.

You won’t believe what it is!

It’s you.

Have you ever wondered what is wrong with this world we live in? Often times we have no way of making sense of the chaos that goes on day by day. However Paul the Apostle, through his theology and philosophy, can shed some light on what’s really going on.

In his letter to the Roman church, Paul the apostle begins with the basics, the Gospel.

But how could his audience know if this gospel was the real deal?

Lets find out…

God has a purpose for us.  We are not shaped and formed into the church just for fun.  This purpose is eternal in nature and beyond our expectations for beauty.

God takes pleasure in putting the right people in the place that will do the most good.  He places the encouragers where the body needs encouragement.  He places prophets where people need to be awakened.  He put evangelists in the place where people need to hear from the redeemer.  God loves putting all the pieces of the church together.

We are called his bride in one place…so that makes you beautiful in his eyes.

There is a song with lyrics that say, “The savior is waiting to enter your heart, why don’t you let Him come in”. These words express the heart of a very patient God whose desire is well documented in the Bible. For example, the scripture that says, “He is not willing that any should perish.”

He wants mankind to willingly accept his Lordship.  The fact that our culture, and even the culture at the time of Christ, does not receive or recognize him as Lord has nothing to do with what God desires, but our own desires.

Today, we are going to ask the very important question, “How can I become a child of God?”  Did you know that God is giving new birth to every person who believes in Him, and that people are still becoming Children of God?