Pure Words or Poison – Which Are We Reading?

Does it really matter which Bible we read?  Do all Bibles say the same things?  Can the new versions be trusted?  In this day and age of great deception, these are questions every Christian MUST answer but before doing so in haste, I urge each one of you to listen to the message at the end of this post and learn where the new versions came from and who is behind them. Find out what the translators are really saying when a foot note points out a particular passage is not found in ‘the oldest and most reliable manuscripts‘, or in ‘the majority texts‘.  You may be shocked at what you learn; I certainly was!

Sadly, this topic is probably the most contentious and divisive in the body of Christ today, yet it should not be so.  All one needs to do is go back to Satan’s temptation of Eve in the Garden of Eden and it can easily be seen who is in the business of offering updated and alternative interpretation/translation of what God said.

“What A Day That Will Be”

Death and dying are very much a fact of life, yet most people would rather not think or talk about it.  Others believe the lie that this life is all we have so live it to the fullest cause once we die it’s over and we will rest in peace.  However, the Living God, our Creator, says this is not the case.  Although our present bodies will grow old, die, and return to the dust of the earth from which they were formed, our spirits live on and every one of us will stand before God one day and give an account of our lives.

To those who have received God’s pardon for their sins through faith in the shed blood of His own dear Son, this will be a glorious day when they meet Jesus Christ their Lord and Saviour face to face, and are welcomed to their everlasting home with Him in heaven.  To those who have ignored or rejected God’s great gift of Salvation, this will be a terrifying day when they stand before Jesus Christ, their creator and judge, and are condemned to everlasting torment in hell.

A Heritage of The Lord

My Grandmother (1915-2010)

I am thankful for Christian heritage on both sides of my family and have especially been thinking of one grandmother in particular as two years ago today, she went home to be with her Lord at the age of 94.  Many of us gathered around her bedside and sang hymns as she drew her last breath and peacefully passed from this world into heaven.  The presence of the Lord was so sweet in that room and this experience has had a strong impact on me and in how I view deaths of those who love the Lord Jesus.

Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Baba lived an ordinary life and was simply a housewife but really, she was much more than that and the legacy she has left behind in spiritual and everyday things is truly a heritage of the Lord.  By example, she taught us the value of hard work but most of all, to commit every aspect of our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.

“Holy, Holy, Holy”

Hymn Story

The historic hymn ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ was written by Reginald Heber to be sung on Trinity Sunday in the parish of Hodnet in western England.  He was vicar there in his family’s church from 1807 to 1823.

Heber was an uncommon man.  Born into a family of wealth and culture, he gave his life to the service of God both at home in England and far away in India.  Though he possessed unusual literary gifts and was a friend of Britain’s leading men of letters, his greatest ambition was to improve the hymn singing in his own church.

Seduced By The World

The Church Walking With The World

A Poem By Matilda C Edwards

The Church and the World walked far apart
On the changing shores of time,
The World was singing a giddy song,
And the Church a hymn sublime.

“Come, give me your hand,” said the merry World,
“And walk with me this way!”
But the faithful Church hid her gentle hands
And solemnly answered “Nay!

I will not give you my hand at all,
And I will not walk with you;
Your way is the way that leads to death;
Your words are all untrue.”

In Spirit and In Truth

Many people tend to think worship is only our times of singing unto the Lord as most churches refer to the musical portion of their services as praise and worship.  Yes, singing is worship, but only a part of it.  And what exactly does it mean to worship God in spirit and in truth?  Are we to enter an altered state or feel something in our flesh, as some teach, in order for our worship to be true and pleasing to God?

“My Jesus, I Love Thee”

My Jesus, I Love Thee

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.