A long time ago I read the book, “No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green” and I was encouraged and inspired by his passionate love for Christ and his enduring faith. He had a heart for sharing the gospel with others and his music was truly from his heart. Many have been been convicted and strengthened by Keith Green’s music.

I recently stumbled upon a Christian radio station called Knowing the Truth. The website has a place where you can download past interviews. If you enjoy downloading sermons from a variety of Christian pastors and leaders, you will enjoy listening to these interviews on a a wide range of topics.

I watched this video of Paul Washer preaching about having a passion for God, and I found myself thinking that anyone who doesn’t know God must think this is pretty extreme.

I’d like to call attention to a website that offers a great resource on sermons.

What is a prophesy? A prophesy is a declaration that something will happen in the future, before it happens. The Old Testament is full of prophesies, especially foretelling of a coming Messiah. Messiah means “anointed” or “anointed one”. The Greek equivalent is Khristos or Christ. The Jews were waiting for a coming Messiah, a deliverer, an anointed one to save them. Many Jews hoped in a future Messiah to help them when Rome took Israel captive. Those that knew their Old Testament scripture knew that there would be signs.

As stated on their website, “The Resolved conference is a call for a new generation to live with the same resolve.” The conference meets every year to hear bible teaching and be renewed in the word. I have been listening to the sermons and I have been very encouraged. I highly recommend these messages to anyone who wants to be challenged in their faith.

Repentance involves being broken before God and recognizing that your sin nailed Jesus to the cross. Repentance is a change of heart. Repentance is not just walking away from sin but it’s walking towards God in obedience.

What do you do when you encounter difficult times? How do you deal with it? The best way to deal with sadness and a broken heart is to immerse yourself in the bible.

As Christians we find that at times our heart grows cold in our affection for Christ. The business of life and the affection for other things gets in the way of what matters most. In this video, John Mac Arthur says, “Being a Christian is about loving Christ so much that you want to know Him, so much that you want to exalt Him, so much that you want to serve Him, so much that you want to be with Him, so much that you want to tell others about Him.”

I enjoy perusing the questions on yahoo answers and I see this question come up from time to time. Will God let me into heaven if I’m a good person? I decided to ask this question on yahoo answers to see what responses I would get. I received a lot of responses but decided to share 5 that represent the rest. Which of these responses do you think are correct according to the bible?

Matthew 13:45-46
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”

“As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.

Christians are actually accountable for what they share, or don’t share. Paul didn’t leave out anything that was necessary in sharing the gospel. He said in Acts 20:26,27 “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.” To refuse to warn someone about a real threat is a bit like watching someone drown and looking the other way.

Besides obvious physical reasons (such as addiction to drugs) why do we often ignore a warning that could potentially save our lives? I think we get so caught up in the events of our daily lives that we put “warnings” on the back burner and hope everything will work out okay. Sometimes fear of an event will cripple us and make us unable to deal with a situation. Therefore we don’t allow ourselves to think about an issue, hoping that if it isn’t in our thoughts….maybe it doesn’t exist.