“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). One can hardly fathom a more comforting, more reassuring promise. In Christ we have a new relationship with Jesus our Elder Brother, God our Father, and our newfound brothers and sisters in the family of God. And, to be sure, we have a new relationship with our self- how we view our purpose and how we ought therefore to deport ourselves.

    However, in all honesty, not every relationship becomes new upon obedience to the…

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Have you ever told someone that they “ought to be ashamed of themselves”? Or maybe you’ve had someone tell you, that “you ought to be ashamed of yourself”. Between the two, the answer is likely “YES” for everyone.

The fact is that sometimes we should be ashamed. When an adult is caught cheating on their taxes, or a child is caught cheating on a test... shame is well-placed. Those people “ought to be ashamed.”

But sometimes we can have misplaced shame and be ashamed of things that we shouldn’t be. An Olympic runner from a small country, who tries his best…

As Christians we are commanded to be a praying people: "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phi 1. 4: 6).

So, it is clear that we are to pray. But how often and for how long? "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will or God … " (1 Thess. 5:16-18). "Without ceasing" must…

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The next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And look­ing at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus…One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah”…And he brought him to Jesus. (John 1:35-37, 40-42)

This brief narrative in John’s gospel is one of only a tiny number of passages that specifically record something…

ARE ALL RELIGONS EQUAL?
(By Mike Baggett)

Men say many things which God does not say. Man says that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are just religions that teach basically the same things and are all headed to the same place in the afterlife. Does God view these religions as equal and all headed to heaven?

Those who throw out such careless remarks are not likely very serious about their religion or about going to heaven themselves. To say that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are religions with the same goals is to…

Have you noticed the singular lack of consequences in almost every system…

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