Devout Christians: The Word.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The bible is unlike any other written word. It is the number one selling book of ALL time. It is the number one stolen book of ALL time. Its creation and existence has generated more speculation, accusation, acclamation, exaltation, denial, hatred, skepticism and controversy than any other written material in human history. To... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: Becoming a Spiritual Christian.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Aren’t all Christians spiritual? That seems like an odd question. Most would equate spirituality with Christianity, yet it’s possible to possess one and not the other. So what are the differences and what characteristics follow the spiritual Christian? To be a spiritual Christian means to be lead and to live by the spirit... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: A Faithful Spiller.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The best way for me to explain what having the Holy Spirit in you is like is to compare Him to a river. A river moves in a constant direction. Unlike a pond a river is not stagnant and does not pool. It is made of fresh water from rain runoff and snow melt from higher elevations. It takes rough stones and turns them into smooth... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: The Three Advents Of The Messiah, Part 3B of 3B.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) In Part Two, before the second advent of the Messiah, the anti-Christ gathered his army against Jerusalem.  Before the city suffered total defeat, Yeshua came from Heaven with His angels, killing the army of the Beast with swords from His mouth, and the fowls of the air ate their flesh. This was the first battle of Armageddon. The... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) I believe there are 4 basic reasons why bad things happen to people-good or bad. Here they are: 1. God tests people 2. Satan attacks people 3. Murphy’s Law – That which can go wrong, will go wrong 4. Consequences of our own actions The World View that says, “Bad things only happen to bad people,” will be a very disappointing... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: The Three Advents Of The Messiah, Part 3A of 3B.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) It is prudent at this time to clarify my position. I am a (natural born) gentile, which has been grafted into the household of faith.  I love the Jews.  If I encounter a person and find out that they are Jewish, I want to shake their hand and/or give them a hug.  A big hug.  Anyone that calls themselves “a Christian”,... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: Why Did God Create Satan Knowing What He Would Do?

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) As a pastor, I get asked, quite often actually, why God created a devil if He knew all the evil Satan would do. A corresponding question is why did God create the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? After all, if God hadn’t created the tree, then Adam and Eve couldn’t have sinned! This article attempts to give... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: The Three Advents Of The Messiah, Part 2 of 3.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Previously, Part One conveniently ended with the first coming of Yeshua, the Messiah.  We also were in the middle of the prophecy of the seventy weeks of Daniel.  So, we might as well finish that prophecy. Daniel 9:26a 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: Here begins the second... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: Sin or Behavior our Problem.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) My attempt in writing is to keep it simple. Sin vs behavior. Do they not come from the same womb? Isn’t one the result of the other? Change the behavior and you change lives despite ones religious belief…Sin is ever present and my flesh reveals this daily as I continue in progress to sin less. Now if I had better teaching... [Read more...]

Devout Christians: Devil Is Coming, As A Christian Beware.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Invariably as a Christian, the notion of Satan will come up and that conversation can range from soup to nuts, as we all know. I am often encouraged in these, sometimes crazy, discussions that God’s plan is very precise and obvious to those looking for His Word. My favorite point of reference in all of this is Matthew 4:1-11... [Read more...]

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