THE STUPDITY OF GETTING ANGRY AT GOD

When I was recently converted, I met a few folk who told me they were angry at God. Although I didn't really know how to respond to them, I couldn't help thinking that it was a rather stupid strategy to adopt. Why get angry at God? What has He done wrong? Today I just want to take the phrase “I am angry at God” and show why it’s such folly… 1.- I AM The first part of the phrase is “I am”. But if it were...

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Success is our life

Success is our life; we live it day and night. It is our food. It is our drink. We sing to it, we dance with it. We sleep in it and wake up to it. We are inseparable from it and it from us. It is us and we are it. When you are married into it or have children in it, only death can break the chord. ...

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Badly Burnt Skin Restored By Jesus

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AS SICK AS A PARROT

Solid things are worthy of confidence. We walk on solid bridges, fly in solid planes and build upon solid foundations. Solidity gives assurance and protection. But unstable elements correlate with a sensation of uncertainty and ill-feeling. Something unsound leaves us uneasy within. This same scenario applies to all spheres of all life, including the preaching of the Gospel. A straight and solid biblical message is of much more use than a wishy-washy, sinner-friendly mess that refuses to mention sin or coming judgment. A watered-down sermon brings...

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FALLING IN LOVE

Falling in love is one of the most precious gifts that God has granted to humanity. There is nothing anti-spiritual or inherently sinful about it provided it is subordinated to the higher pursuit of glorifying God. At the end of the day emotions (in and of themselves) are not evil. In the beginning, God made Eve for Adam. He instituted marriage. The Lord took a rib from Adam’s side to make the woman. God did it whilst the man was asleep, and ever since, falling in love always has this dreamy and other-worldly feeling about it. In the Genesis...

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