Last week we learned about the hearts of two individuals and their relationship to God. We had the Pharisee who came into the temple and prayed with himself how great he is, and on the other end of the spectrum we have the tax collector who was down on his knees pleading with God for forgiveness. The Pharisee went home lost as ever and the tax collector repented and believed and went home justified. It is the great Gospel message that we cling to. There is no better news than the Good News! Each one of us can come to God and beg for forgiveness and put our trust and faith into Jesus Christ. According to His promises He will Save us from an eternity spent in hell suffering for all ages to come. Read More...

This is classic. I wonder how many youth pastors can identify with this guy?


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Today we are going to be looking at the parable of the new wineskin. This parable is given in three of the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Today we are going to be reading the Luke passage. Please open your Bibles to Luke 5:33-39 and let’s read.

Luke 5:33-39 And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.” And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? “But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. “But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. “And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’ ” Read More...

Here we have two buffoons who mock the holiness of God. When I see things like this I just wonder what they are going to say to Jesus on the Day of Judgement?

Do you think this passage applies to them?

Matthew 7:21-23

21 “​Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “​Many will say to Me on ​​that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many ​​miracles?’ 23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ​depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

The state of the church in America, it is a bleak picture to say the least. Do you agree or disagree with these men and women?



Here is a perfect example of the church conforming to the world instead of the world conforming to the church.