(ThyBlackMan.com) Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 1 Peter 2:16 ESV Of all the words, phrases, and expressions taken out of context in this generation, I believe the word “Freedom” must be at the very ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Christian nationalism was perceived as a fringe perspective for decades. However, today, it seems to have gained traction in American politics. According to a survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution, this particularly holds true in the context of the Republican Party. According to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Creationism is defined as the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes, such as evolution. Since “young Earth” (scientific) creationism makes the most noise, we will expose them first. They teach that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As maturing Christians you must realize who you are in Christ and who Christ is in you! At salvation you accepted Christ into your heart and life. That is when God deposited His Son Jesus Christ in you. Jesus is your built-in great potential. “I can do all things ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a devout Christian can be difficult in this modern world. There simply isn’t enough time to properly invest in worship or in community service. If you have built your career around your faith, then committing to living a true and just life is far easier, but unfortunately, not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Deception is here Christ warns us in the Scriptures of the coming age of deception. He says in Matthew 24:4-5 “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ, and shall deceive many.” This post won’t be an effort to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most Christians fall into three categories. The first group complains some, offers no suggestions and won’t do anything. They are content to “go with the flow”, compromising to justify staying in their sinful ways. The second group complains heavily, offers little suggestions but hopes and waits for someone else ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Sunday mornings, the churches are filled with women. We are considered the backbone of the church. We put energy into church attendance as apart of spiritual priority, and even out of tradition, and we bring our children. We must be mindful that our church is meeting our spiritual ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Zeal intense passion, fanatical, fervor, eager desire or endeavor, enthusiastic diligence. Godly zeal includes courage, boldness, fearlessness, intimacy with God, faith, trust, controlled rage, righteous indignation and jealousy. All tempered by God’s wisdom, knowledge, revelation, truth, Word and the leading of the Holy Spirit. Zeal is not a word ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9 God as King It is pretty typical, but not necessarily untrue, that when our minds consider God to be the Supreme Ruler and the governing authority of the universe, we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Read Luke 2:7-12. The gentile translators got it wrong. It should have read “laid Him in a booth (or a sukkah), because there was no room for Mary in the inn”. When Joseph and Mary arrived in Bethlehem, maybe on Wednesday the 25th of September, Mary was supposed to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Of the 40,000-plus practiced religions around the world, no following has been more persecuted than those of the Christian faith. Christians have been targeted to the point of being martyred for their beliefs dating back to early Rome in the first century of the Christian era and continue to ...