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Jesus encountered the fig tree in leaf, holding out empty promises to passers-by. It looked good but offered no fruit

Sometimes, life seems dry, and we need to refresh.

Now, not all of us have the gifts to enable us to bless the community with an event like that. Still all of us can bless the people we interact with. 

The problem is that many think they have been saved but have not. Some will fall away from their supposed faith in short order; others will take a while but then drift. Still, others are in for a rude awakening at the pearly gates.

Over the past while, I have been writing a series of (hopefully) soon-to-be-published children’s stories targeted at upper elementary school children.

When was the last time you took some time and spent it savoring God’s Word? When did you last let the Holy Spirit speak to you through the Word?

That is a good metaphor for the way sin works. We see what we desire, and before long, we are trapped, unable to free ourselves. Once trapped, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

If I were to put my faithfulness on a scale next to God’s, the scales would never balance.

Our assemblies out to be Christ-centered, Word-based, and Holy Spirit-powered. We call it gospel-centered.

The gospel is double-barreled. It can bowl you over, but it can be incredibly beneficial when appropriately applied.

If we aren’t living in ancient Babylon or Rome yet, we are in a pretty good representation of those times. What are believers to do?