Category: Faith

How God Prepared the World for The Coming of His Son

How God Prepared the World for The Coming of His Son

“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son…to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons.” Gal.4:4-5. The coming of the Son of God into the world was timely on God’s program. Although the occasion itselfwas a humble and ordinary incident, its impact has remained the greatest […]

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Radical Obedience to God’s Word Is What True Faith Is All About

Radical Obedience to God’s Word Is What True Faith Is All About

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, … (Heb. 11:13). A braham is called the father of FAITH for a good reason. God told him to leave his people and go to a place he knew nothing about, and […]

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Pastoral Letter/ Exposition of ECWA Articles Of Faith And Practice

Pastoral Letter/ Exposition of ECWA Articles Of Faith And Practice

The Meaning of the Godhead “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen.1:1. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…So God created man in His own image; in the image of God, He created them; male and female He created them” Gen.1:26-27. “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and […]

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Why Pay for Something That Is Free?

Why Pay for Something That Is Free?

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Mat. 11:28, 29 If you are alive and engaged with people and work in our world today, this invitation […]

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Abigail, A Woman Like None Other

Abigail, A Woman Like None Other

Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my master … Let no wrongdoing be found in you as long as you live. 1Sam. 25:28 Abigail wowed David by the display of the many attributes she had. Read 1 Samuel 25 and be amazed about Abigail. You will discover some of her characteristics: […]

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Faith & Works

Your Work, Your Faith!

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. (Col. 3:23) A Christian is not just a confessor of his faith but a possessor who incarnates every aspect of the tenets of Christianity. His heart, soul, mind, spirit, and body are not compartmentalized; instead, they all converge to present a wholesome […]

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Fetus In Mother's Womb

God’s Final Decision on Human Life

Human life in the womb is worth defending biblically and scientifically — with grace and without shame on anyone involved in a very nuanced and complicated systemic issue. We are all, both male and female, at every stage, made in the image of God. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise […]

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Harry Emerson Fosdick (Britannica)

Reflecting on the meaning of Christian faithfulness

On May 21, 1922, liberal pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick preached his famous “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” sermon. In commemorating its 100th anniversary, liberal Episcopal writer Diana Butler Bass conflates fundamentalism with American evangelicalism and Putinist Russian Orthodoxy as white ethnonationalism whose goals are dictatorially political and not so much theological. Bass’ conflation is unfortunate not only because it is absurdly unfair but […]

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Children of war

How Can I Effectively Wait on the Lord?

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 Children of War (Image by janeb13) Have you ever noticed some of the things people do while they wait? For instance, when waiting on an elevator, we keep pressing the button. It doesn’t help. Or if we are stuck in a traffic jam, we honk […]

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What does it mean for a Christian to grow in faith?

What does it mean for a Christian to grow in faith?

We are commanded in Scripture to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). This growth is spiritual growth, growing in faith. Milk is used in the New Testament as a symbol of what is basic to the Christian life At the moment we receive Christ as our Savior, we are born […]

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