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CHARITABLE GIVING: What’s a Christian to do?
As the economic conditions have gotten worse, appeals from charitable organizations seem to be increasing. Unfortunately, the fraudulent and irresponsible organizations are also increasing. Therefore, it behooves every committed Christian to be more conscientious than ever regarding the stewardship of his or her resources. Let me offer you some suggestions about your charitable giving. Most […]
Continue reading...You’re amazing NEW SELF
2. November 2015
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. See your self as God sees you, because in union with Christ that is the only self you’ve got. Anything else is an illusion, a deception, a lie! Self is not the problem! God sees you the way He made you as a new creation in Christ–complete in Him! And that’s the best that […]
Continue reading...Reveling in His GRACE
2. November 2015
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Everything Christ is, He is in me. And everything He is in me, He wants to be through me. Such is the marvelous matchless grace of God toward us in Christ! “As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). Discover more about graceful living: https://www.sourceministries.net/go/resources/the-new-you/
Continue reading...More Than Enough!
1. November 2015
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“When Christ comes into your life, He comes in all His fullness. ‘And of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace’ (John 1:16). This is a reference to the person of Christ—not the human form in which He resided, but His true self. It is the Spirit of Christ that you […]
Continue reading...THE COMMON GOAL: the Gospel . . . of Grace
27. October 2015
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“The grace of Christ” is the gospel…the gospel of grace! (Galatians 1:6-7) The “gospel of grace” has always been in jeopardy. Distortions in the grace message are constantly occurring. This results in the grace message being diluted, corrupted or exaggerated. These distortions, along with other secondary issues, are causing grace-based ministers to become polarized. The […]
Continue reading...SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING
23. September 2015
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By other Ministers UNION WITH CHRIST Dr. Charles F. Stanley (Founder of InTouch Ministries, Pastor First Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia) Because of the sound biblical teaching of Dr. Charles Stanley, the Lord led me to accept his invitation to join the pastoral staff at FBA as a counselor in 1986. I served there for […]
Continue reading...A Grace Revolution
19. September 2015
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A FRIEND RECENTLY SHARED: “There seems to be scores of us grace preachers now! I think we can safely say that grace is here to stay!” MY REPLY WAS: “So true my friend. In 1971, when the Spirit revealed the cross to me, and I realized that I had died with Christ and now I […]
Continue reading...A Fixed Dependency
25. August 2015
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Q & A Q. Thanks for the Monday encouragement of your TGIM GOOD NEWS! Sometimes I think that the hardest part is leaning to rely totally and completely upon Christ for my life. And yet, it seems that’s what I need to do first and foremost. Especially since things seem to be a bit of […]
Continue reading...The Negative Stuff
25. August 2015
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Q & A Dr. Lewis Gregory Q. Do all thoughts and behaviors reflect some part of God? If there is an all-knowing God, then it seems like what we do in our lives must reflect some aspect of who God is. If we like a particular thing, does that mean some part of God likes […]
Continue reading...THE GOSPEL OF GRACE
16. July 2015
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What is the GOSPEL? “The grace of Christ” is the gospel…the gospel of grace! (Galatians 1:6-7) God is the source of all things. He has chosen to reveal Himself as the one true life-source through His Son, Jesus Christ. Christ is the SOURCE of LIFE. When you receive Christ, you have His life because […]
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3. December 2015
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