We have allowed agitators; men with selfish agendas, delinquency and greed for political power take away the validity of our cry. We are lacking the spiritual force to inspire true change. We lack intellectual clarity to give meaning to our historical tears. America is divided, everybody knows that and everybody says that! America is wounded
Category: Christian Living
If you have been in church a month, especially in a Pentecostal church, you know that the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). Knowing his job description and how successful the devil is in mugging people, slaying and annihilating everything on his path, why does anybody would want him around? Yet, we
“Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” John 6:15 (NIV) Is interesting to me that when Jesus was presented with the opportunity to become a political leader He simply disappeared through the crowds. Think about this for a minute; here is Jesus,
When you are young you think you know it all, when you are old you realize you don’t and when you are older you realized what is valuable. As I write these words I am disgusted in many ways and for many reasons. I am 50-years-old. I am not young, but not too old
BEYOND OPINIONS Romans 7:7-25 by Angel Casiano March 2018 Table of Context Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….3 Historical Context…………………………………………………………………………3 Literary Context……………………………………………………………………………4 Textual Analysis…………………………………………………………………………10 Application……………………………………………………………………………….16 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….18 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………..20 Introduction I subscribe to the point of view that in Romans 7:7-25 the great Apostle Paul was talking about himself and his struggles; thus articulating the struggle of every believer. Paul
There is one characteristic of a man or a woman of God that brings all characteristics together and that is to be faithful to God. To be faithful to God means that we trust Him; to be faithful to God means that we obey Him and to obey God means that we love Him (John
The Main Responsibility of a Pastor Hebrews 13:17 tells us “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” (KJV) If the soul
A Republican or a Democrat is not necessarily filled with hate because of their political affiliation. A disagreement is not hate. We are using and abusing the word hate as much as we are using and abusing the word racist. On the other side of each ideologies is where hate is found; why? Because
A preacher, just like everybody else, likes to see results. We like to see progress in people; we like to see them growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord; we like to see them make right decisions and learn how to successfully deal with temptations. As fathers and pastors, we have
The United States Census Bureau showed that in 2015 43.1 million people were poor; that is about 13.5 percent of the population.[1] The Henry J. Keyser Family Foundation showed that in 2015 9% of whites in America were poor compare to 24% of Blacks and 21% of Hispanics; 14% were in the category of “Other”.[2]
