Dead Men Don’t Pray For The Living

Walking through the British Museum in London, on a rainy Saturday afternoon in November 2016, I came upon this exhibit with the following inscription: Saints are exemplary Christians, many of whom died for their faith. Their shrines attracted large numbers of medieval pilgrims as a way of demonstrating piety and repentance. Many hoped to receive…

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Making Up Our Minds: Mary or Jesus? 

Brothers and sisters in the Lord, greetings. For some time now I have been thinking about the concept of praying to God through Mary (the mother of Jesus) instead of Jesus Christ our Lord himself. That Christians must pray to God through Jesus is undebatable. But does the Bible teach that those who believe in…

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Oh Lord Please Empower Your Children

Oh Lord, please empower Your children in our daily wrestle against the powers of evil — even at the peril of our lives. Evil men and pretenders abound, Oh Lord empower Your people! Wolves in sheep clothing have infiltrated our ranks, Oh Lord empower Your people! The Gospel of Your holy Son Jesus is  perverted…

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Praying as Sons

Jesus once remonstrated with two of His disciples, James and John, whom he had nicknamed ‘Sons of thunder’, when they suggested to call down fire from heaven to destroy a Samaritan village whom they perceived to be opponents of their mission. On their way through to Jerusalem, Jesus had asked the two to go ahead…

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