by Brian Hedges | Nov 10, 2015 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
One of the greatest Old Testament heroes was David, “a man after God’s own heart.” David was a shepherd boy turned king, and has been called the “sweet singer of Israel” because of his many songs, recorded in the Book of Psalms. Despite David’s heart for God, he was a...
by Byron Paulus | Nov 10, 2015 | Obedience, Six Responses to God
A woman was publicly executed in North Korea recently. Her crime? Distributing Bibles. It’s noteworthy that a book most Americans take for granted and rarely read was worthy of death in a far corner of the world. So what makes the Bible that dangerous to an...
by Bill Elliff | Nov 10, 2015 | Obedience, Six Responses to God
Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry....
by Dan Jarvis | Nov 10, 2015 | Obedience, Six Responses to God
Kneeling in the grass behind my house, I repented. And even though I was only eleven years old, I knew what I was doing. “Lord, You can have my life. I want to follow You.” Many of us have prayed similar prayers. We’ve told God of our commitment, of our desire, of our...
by Dan Jarvis | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
One word less popular than repentance in the modern church is the word judgment. Not judgment in the sense of people looking down on you for getting a tattoo or spanking your children. Not, “Stop judging me while I live like a pagan,” or,...
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
For over twenty years, the people of Romania suffered under the iron-fisted, Communist rule of Nicolae Ceausescu—one of the most repressive and corrupt dictators of the 20th century. Christians were especially targeted by the regime and were subjected to intense...
by Dr. Richard Fisher | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
“Oh, God, I cheated. I am so sorry. I really mean it this time. I am truly repentant.” “Oh, God, I lied. I am so sorry. I’ll try harder not to do that anymore. I am truly repentant.” “Oh, God, I just fell into the trap of...
by Roger Ellsworth | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
One of the major problems of the church today is phony repentance. Multitudes have walked down the aisle, mouthed the right words, and joined the church, only to become what is delicately called “inactive members.” All kinds of explanations have been offered for this...
by Steve Childers | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
When Jesus calls us to repent, he is not calling us to beat up on ourselves or merely to clean up our lives. Instead, he is calling us to a radical change of heart. According to Scripture, our root problem is not an external, behavioral problem—it’s a problem of...
by Richard Owen Roberts | Nov 10, 2015 | Repentance, Six Responses to God
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the...
