We Are All Cultists On the Inside
There are different ways to distinguish a church from a cult. Churches hold to a broad consensus of orthodox beliefs while cults...
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The Dead Seriousness of Careless Words
A technician for an airline neglected to check the logs from previous flights and therefore failed to take action on a control problem...
18 Prayers to Pray for Unbelievers
A friend asked the question: How do I pray for unbelievers? How do I pray effectively? I trust that every Christian regularly prays for...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Sep 10, 2021
“How can I trust God with my future if I secretly think my past decisions were wrong?”
What do you do when you think you’ve blown it but you aren’t quite sure? Maybe you shouldn’t have changed jobs. Maybe you shouldn’t have...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jul 14, 2021
Friends Are Born for Adversity
A friend loves at all times and a brother (or sister) is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17) So few of these kinds of relationships seem...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 25, 2021
Karma. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Discernment is important. Slowing down and…thinking, asking questions…is vital for our spiritual health. Two things that initially seem...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 17, 2021
Advice to My 30-Year-Old Self
It happened on the way to the airport. We had just finished some mission work in Uganda and Tanzania and we were on the way back to the...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- May 12, 2021
How to Deal with Pain Caused by Christians and the Church
Hate is easy. People are sinners who do sinful things to each other. Hatred over this is automatic. Love is hard. Jesus Christ, while you...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 7, 2021
Four Myths About God's Will
What Happened, Lord?” It’s a common question, isn’t it? You set out to get a new job, you work hard for it, you go through the interview...
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jun 7, 2020
The Undivided Trinity
We begin our celebration of Trinity Sunday with the humble acknowledgment that we are out of our depth.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 22, 2020
A Psalm for the Pandemic
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 4, 2020
Family Devotional: "What We Really Need"
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Apr 3, 2020
Family Devotional: “Why Does God Listen to Us?”
And who is God? If we’re Christians, God is our Father! It’s not about earning anything from him!
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 26, 2020
10 Prayers Your Adult Children Need You to Pray
Our role as parent never ends. The job description changes, but the job is never done. As grown adults, they are out of my hands.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 17, 2020
What Our Adult Children Still Need From Us
Perhaps your children may not be able to lean on you for physical help, but they still need you emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 11, 2020
How to Pray for Your Adult Children: Six Verses to Use
We want our children – no matter what their age – to remember that the Lord has told us what is good and what He requires of us.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Mar 4, 2020
The Most Important Thing My Mom Did
For all the good things my mom did for me, I believe that the most important was simply living as Christians before me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Feb 29, 2020
The Seeds of Divorce
I recently spoke with a group of young adults, men and women in their late teens and early twenties, and we spoke about singleness, & dating
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jan 22, 2020
New Year, New Creation
So in my life as a Christian, I have often felt guilty. Like I’m a big disappointment. And God is waiting to punish me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
- Jan 2, 2020
Final Thoughts on 2019
To paraphrase John Newton: "We needed everything that God sent us in 2019; we didn't need anything that he withheld."