Was Jesus selfish if he was expecting to be glorified?
God basically has one goal, if we can put it that way, and that is His own glory. And while we, as sinful human beings, almost find that distasteful to say, the fact is, is that God is perfect, He is holy, He is mighty, He is all-powerful, He is all-knowing, He is the Creator God. He alone deserves...
Is it selfish to take my family on a vacation?
One of the things that cherish about being a Christian is that my regular life is not separated from my faith. There is no sacred and secular. Everything in the life of a Christian is sacred. Every decision we make is filtered through, how would this be honoring to Christ? How is this obeying the Wo...
Who can serve in the church?
In our culture today of trying to make the church a glitzy, glamorous organization that is attractive to the unbeliever, very often, we have lost sight of what our real goal is to be as the church, and that is to be a healthy church that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ. And one of the hallmarks...
If I am dead to sin, why do I still sin?
The longer you've been in Christ, the more sensitive you become to your own sin, and probably a little bit more disgusted with yourself, in fact, that you become more aware of your own sin tendencies and your own nature, and there can be a frustration because you know theologically, sin has been def...