America is replete with Christians who have become self-satisfied, complacent, and useless waste receptacles in the household of God. I am begging you - don't become a useless believer.
The Cost of Measuring Up – Part 3: A Vessel of Honor
The Cost Of Measuring Up – Part 2: A Vanishing Godliness
Mary, only Mary of all the noteworthy guests present in Simon's house, so perceived the glory of God being then revealed in Jesus Christ that her love and devotion toward the person of the Savior overwhelmed her. There were no words. There are still no words. There are only humble acts of devotion and adoration, like Mary's, which issue forth from a pure heart and a life devoted to knowing Jesus.
The Cost of Measuring Up – Part 1: A Dispensation of Silliness
A shallow understanding of scripture, an entertainment-based church experience, a worldly and unseparated lifestyle, a lackluster desire to learn or grow in Christ-like maturity - these are all perceived by legions of modern believers to be the normative characteristics of their faith. Holiness, if even considered, is not important enough to be sought. Godliness has been supplanted by silliness.
An Acorn in the Wall
There was a day and age, even within my own lifetime, when humility was viewed as a key component of greatness. I am of the opinion that arrogance has supplanted humility in that formula, the outcome of which destines us to the rule of mediocre men.
Unassailable Gospel 