Monday, 5/1/06 What is the point of Christ? Can't I just be a good person? Why would God send someone to Hell just for not being Luthern or Baptist or Catholic or Methodist or just plain Christian? Because we all sin! I am unable to be a "good" person as God wants us to be because that requires me to be perfect. Seperation from God for etenity is reflective of our seperation from Him in this world. Christ's sacrifice on the cross wipes away that sin but only if I request it. In another words, I need to start listening to God. I'll still make mistakes and I'll continue to ask for forgiveness.

Tuesday, 5/2/06 When we talk about seperating God from politics, job, or any other area of our life then we fail to realize that it is all interconnected. If I try and play a baseball game but I don't bring any equipment to play then I'm going to have some problems. In the same way we will have problems dealing with those areas of our life that we disconnect from God.

Wednesday, 5/3/06 Personal responsibility. We are all responsible for our choices. Satan can try and influence us but he can't make any choice for us. When we realize this then we start to take a huge step towards God.

Thursday, 5/4/06 Is there such a thing as "gray areas" or is it always a matter of right and wrong? God is very clear on this. When God gives us direction you won't find Him saying "don't do this unless..." or "do this if...". You don't find if's, and's, or but's with God. Those that talk about "gray areas" are usually doing the wrong thing but want to justify it. Others tend not to understand "gray areas". For example, I'm not saying that you have a rule that the children can't leave class and then an accident happens and creates a "gray area". The rule is maybe that children don't leave class for nonimmediate reasons. This sets right and wrong and avoids conflict. When someone tells you there are "gray areas" then what they are really saying is that you can't tell someone else what is right and wrong. If we can't say what is right and wrong then what happens to society? We can't set laws and society degrades into anarchy.

Friday, 5/5/06 What is the difference between religion and sprituality? Often times people think of religion as dogma but that isn't religion. Religion is our listening to God and what He desires for us which in turn is the same as spirituality. Religion doesn't have to be at a church and can be anywhere. This is why aethism is actually a religion, it's just following false gods instead of the one, true God. Science is another example of what many have turned into a religion. They place it above everything else making it their god.
Monday, 5/8/06 And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV

Tuesday, 5/9/06 God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; He does great things beyond our understanding.
Job 37:5 NIV

Wednesday, 5/10/06 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Thursday, 5/11/06 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Matthew 17:20 NIV

Friday, 5/12/06 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with Me in paradise."
Luke 23:43 NIV
Monday, 5/15/06 What's wrong with just enjoying "The Da Vinci Code" just for what it is, fiction? Because many do not understand that it is an effort to convince the world that Christanity is comprised of leaders with secret motives and followers that are mindless sheep. God wants everyone to listen to Him and hides nothing from us. The secular world thinks there are secrets because they don't understand the simple truths that God teaches. And they think we are mindless sheep because they don't understand our joy and peace.

Tuesday, 5/16/06 I was asked the other day if I was worried that recent events are leading to Armageddon? God reveals to us through John's writing in Revelation what is going to happen in the future. This isn't like Dickens' and the ghost of Christmas to come, this IS what is going to happen. Am I worried? Yes, I worry about all the suffering that will take place at that time but even more importantly I worry about all those that will never accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. In a way, I also look forward to then because it will mean the pain and suffering, the sin, of this world is coming to an end.

Wednesday, 5/17/06 In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein man seeks to become God and create life. This is what people take as the warning from the book and it is the very thing we see doctors and scientists trying to accomplish now. But the greater message that is often missed is the warning against trying to turn science into God yet that is the very thing that much of the world has attempted to do. Men turn to science "to explain the world around them" which is the same as what the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc. all tried to do with their religions. Where science becomes its own religion is that it tries to do this using only those things that are measurable. Their truth is tainted by the fact that if they can't measure it then they don't believe in it. Now their are scientists seeking to bring God into the equation but the scientific community as a whole decries them as heretics. The easiest question for this regardless of evolution, the big bang, etc. where did the heavens and the earth come from? They can't answer that. They will expound upon the big bang theory or something else but where did the material, regardless of the theory, come from then? The answer is simple, everything was created by God.

Thursday, 5/18/06 Isn't it interesting to listen to a certain political party talk about how all views should be respected yet THEY only respect those that they agree with. Hmmm... Senator Lieberman supports the war in Iraq and what do they do? They want to get rid of him, and they say it shouldn't be about one issue. They say that they are the party for women BUT that obviously only applies to those women that are pro-abortion. Speaking of abortion what do they say about those that oppose it? That you are suppresive and just want women to have back-alley abortions and die. So I guess we should only protect certain women. Children in the womb can be WOMEN, shock-surprise, but they don't vote. And how about speeches, when was the last time you heard of Senator Reid or Senator Durbin being drowned out by boos or getting whip cream in the face? But the other party has that done to them routinely. Sounds like to me that only one party is willing to show respect for those they disagree with and it isn't the party of Kennedy, Pelosi, or Clinton.

Friday, 5/19/06 And how about the hypocrisy of their contradiction in opposing the death penalty and yet supporting abortion and euthanasia. They say we shouldn't have the death penalty because it's barbaric and innocent people could die and yet the same is true of abortion and euthanasia. I oppose all three. We need to protect the innocent, give people a chance to change, and protect the weakest among us.
Monday, 5/22/06 Just as a man born blind has never seen the water that washes the dirt from his body so are we washed clean by Jesus Christ.

Tuesday, 5/23/06 When we walk with God then we become a new creation. We quit following the ways of the world not through our own might but instead Christ removes those shortcomings. We need only let go and hand them over to Him.

Wednesday, 5/24/06 The Truth doesn't require us to believe for it to be true. And since the Truth is going to exist regardless of us then we might as well believe. It would be mighty foolish to try and stand against it.

Thursday, 5/25/06 Have you ever noticed that our society has decided that we can't speak about Christ in our schools, in our government, at our jobs, all because it might "offend" someone but they have no problem with things that are offensive to us?

Friday, 5/26/06 Stores won't play music about God because it might "offend" but they play music about sex, drugs, murder, etc. Movie companies avoid Christian films but make movies that mock Christanity. We can't can't pray at school but we have to have a special month recognizing sexual immoralities. Obviously they have no problem with being "offensive" as long as it's what they want.
Monday, 5/29/06 We should stop trying to do things FOR Christ. He can do anything He needs to perfectly without us. We should let Christ do things THROUGH us.

Tuesday, 5/30/06 Do not fail to seek the Lord for fear of the fallen one, for if you fail to seek the Master then the serpent already has you!

Wednesday, 5/31/06 The world treasures antiques and collectibles, searches for love and direction, and exalts money and talent. We should search for the Lord, love and exalt Him, treasure His blessings, and let Him direct us.