The person who writes for a Conservative Mennonite publisher faces one extremely important question. How can I make my story leave a proper Christian witness, give it a Scriptural flavor, and have it turn out “right” while still keeping it realistic?
Can the insincerity of one who is baptized, void the baptism? Should they be rebaptized?
May Christians divorce? If so, may a divorced Christian remarry? If it wrong to do either, how should Christians relate to people who are divorced and/or remarried? This sermon endeavors to answer those questions by going to the Word of the One who designed marriage.
So...we say we are citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom. How much should we be involved with the affairs that govern this country? Is it okay to have a favored political candidate? Do we have rights? A look at examples and explicit commands from the Bible to help us live as citizens of a Better World.
Marriage relationships are at their best when God's love thrives between husband and wife. Truly successful Christian marriages are marked by their love, commitment, respect, communication, submission and sacrifice.
Without repentance we cannot be right toward God for we all have sinned against Him. True repentance hates sin and avoids it all costs. "God, be merciful to me, a sinner," should be the prayer of each of us.
Satan is not the friend of man, no manner the disguise in which he opts to appear. If you have chosen to belong to God, it should be no surprise to find that His arch enemy has it in for you. But your all-powerful Helper will stand with you as you fight.
If human life is created by God, in His own likeness, it must be highly valued. Since God is the author of life, it is His prerogative to decide the beginning and the ending of it. We accept His standard as our own and protect the precious lives He has placed in our care.
To every person, life brings stresses, problems, difficulties and reverses. With them we all must cope. Where did they originate? How can the Christian learn to live with the problems of life and be at peace regardless?
The primary purpose of prophecy is to encourage Christians with the news that the future with God will surpass anything we could experience on earth. Heaven will be wonderful!
Hell is an awful place and it is not God's will that any one go there. So He has set up a number of obstacles designed to help the sinner turn back from his downward path. We can bypass them if we choose but God has done His part to help us reach heaven.
Christians ask, "Is Romans 7 about Christians, or unbelievers?"…In Romans, this chapter is a bridge between the life of sin and life in the spirit. Discover how God wants to enable us to keep His law, rather than being held in bondage by it.