The Sinner’s Prayer

The sinner's prayer

There are many variations of the sinner’s prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Continue reading The Sinner’s Prayer

Are Christians doomed by deceitful heart?

Are Christians doomed to have an incurably deceitful heart that is so weak and sick that it cannot be healed?

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9) The Hebrew word translated “desperately wicked” means to be so weak and sick that it is incurable. And it gets worse, because the word translated “heart” means the moral character of the inner man, the center of thinking and learning, the source of emotions and Continue reading Are Christians doomed by deceitful heart?

The judgment seat of Christ

Because of the judgment seat of Christ, we press on toward the upward calling

Some false teachers are preaching a doctrine that there is no Judgment Seat of Christ. They say the old nature can only sin, so you aren’t responsible for those sins, and the new nature cannot sin, so you aren’t responsible for those good works. They are ignoring thousands of verses and almost the entire Old Testament to get to this Continue reading The judgment seat of Christ

We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

This verse does not mean we have to ignore our senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste) or turn off the intelligence of our brains, to live as good Christians. It does not mean we have to blindly, stupidly, stagger through life based on “faith” of our leaders. But you might think so based on the number of cults that Continue reading We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

Ancient Biblical Formula Predicts the Future

Biblical Formula Predicts the Future

It seems like there is a formula for everything these days. There are formulas to predict global warming over the next 1000 years. There are formulas to predict the stock market. There are formulas to predict your lifespan. Here is a Biblical formula that predicts the future worldwide, nationally, and personally. It is composed of a cross-product of God’s promised Continue reading Ancient Biblical Formula Predicts the Future