In defence of the faith

While sharing my last post on Twitter my lovely wife was asked about her faith. Being the gentle kind woman that she is, she had a little difficulty in answering the questions posed to her.

So I stepped in and provided the answers. I soon found out that he was not interested in answers but quickly dismissed my evidence as hearsay and continued asking for more evidence.

The Armour of God. Equipping Christians

General Eva Booth of the Salvation Army said once that the army needs to preach two messages, one of salvation for saving souls, and the other of how to live a Christian life.
Today we shall be looking at the second message how to live a Christian life.

As Paul says in the second letter to the Corinthians I have fed you with milk not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 1 Corinthians 3:2.
Today I will grind and pulp the meat to you so that you may be able to swallow it.

A long way off

Luke 15:11-32 recounts the story of the prodigal son. A familiar story, a man had two sons and the younger one asked for his share of the estate. The whole story is below if you wish to read it.

This story has many things, we could spend years discussing; the diligence of the elder son, the greed of the younger son, the patience of the father, a sacrificial animal to bring a son back and so forth. Today, we shall discuss verse twenty