A Peculiar Blog

I just re-read an article: “Back To The Basics“, that serves as a reminder that I think every Christian needs from time to time.
Simply put, over time, we all have a tendency to get caught up in all sorts of things, from the ordinary matters of day to day life to the “bigger things” or [...]

How many times have you read or heard expressions talking about “the fear of God” in such a way that imply we should be afraid of God, terrified that He’s going to zap us any second for this or that sin?
The thing is, that is NOT what God means when Proverbs 9:10 says “…fear of [...]

Yesterday I talked about how faith needs to be acted on in order for it to have any value and this brings up the question of why faith is so important in the first place.
The main reason that faith is important is that without it you will never please God:
Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it [...]

A lot of people when asked, will say that they believe in God and a lot of them will say that they even have faith in God. They’ll even tell you that having faith means that they believe what He says and trust in Him. But still, too many forget that for faith [...]

Titus 1:16, “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
Does this describe you? Saying that you know God but the way you act and the things you do make it clear that you either don’t know Him at all or [...]

The Bible gives a very basic, yet sweeping guidline about how we should treat other people:
Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
It’s a really simple thought. If everyone were to think about [...]

Do you know what Adam’s big mistake was? Take a look at the first seven verses or so of Genesis chapter 3 and if you pay attention you’ll notice that when Eve gave him the forbidden fruit it’s very clear that Adam was with her the whole time that the serpent was talking to [...]

I wonder how many people have notice this little detail about the creation story and how many of them have thought about the significance of it.
In Genesis 1, if you pay careful attention to the order of events described, you’ll see that God created light a full three days BEFORE He created the sun, moon [...]

Have you ever stopped to think about the things you think about when
you’re angry with someone? If you’re honest, you’ll have to admit that
one of the things that we all tend to want is to "get revenge" against
the one we’re mad at. We humans are a pretty [...]

I’ve heard that phrase and others like it most of my life. The idea is
that if you obey all of the "rules", then you’re officially a "Good
Person". But there is more to living by the rules than [...]