I receive many Bible related questions in emails and forums. Since I try to take everything is a teachable moment for myself and for others, to remind us of godly principles, I answered the question, “What are you giving up for Lent?” As follows… In simple terms, I gave up Lent, and here’s why.
Brother Michel Lankford The truth is that ALL diligence produces SOME results for better or for worse. If we are diligent at planning and working for good things, our diligence will produce good results. Conversely, if one is determined and diligent to work for evil results, people will achieve that as well. Diligence does not discriminate. Whatever you are diligent about determines what you will produce. Diligence, if one is determined for good, will always produce good, and diligence for evil will eventually produce evil. At the same time it is also true that while we cannot achieve anything we Read more…
By Brother Michel Lankford Question: Is the word faithfulness in the song “Great is Thy Faithfulness” misused, since faith is trusting on things not seen and God can see us? Your confusion is completely understandable on one level. This is WHY CONTEXT matters. The big problem is that you are making a classic mistake when it comes to Scripture interpretation. Don’t feel bad. Many people fall into this classic mistake. You are operating on the incorrect ASSUMPTION that a key Bible word or phrase has only ONE meaning. Every language, (including the Bible languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), all Read more…
Brother Michel Lankford Someone wrote and asked me the following question: “What are the Essential Virtues to living a life that is consistent with your faith?” Anonymous It’s a great question. Thank you for submitting it. You know who you are. This is why definitions matter. That’s because once we understand what virtue means and what sin means, then answering this question becomes an unbelievably easy and straightforward matter. To be a Truly Virtuous Thing it MUST be a GOOD Thing I think we can all agree that in order for something to be truly “virtuous,” it MUST by necessity Read more…
By Brother Michel Lankford Have you ever had a friend that comes to you, and they love to cry on your shoulder? That is, they love to tell you about all their problems and bemoan the challenges in their life to you, while you give them understanding and sympathetic glances and not your head. We’ve all experienced that at one time or another. Sometimes we have been the sympathetic understanding friend, and other times we have been the ones crying on somebody’s shoulder. So, let’s say that you’ve heard your friend verbalize their painful situation for the fifth time this Read more…
Brother Michel Michel Lankford Many people go around aimlessly wondering if a certain behavior or attitude is a sin. They constantly ask things like, “Is it a sin if…” You would be surprised how often that question comes across my news feeds every week. Is (X) behavior a sin? I get asked this A LOT. I would say that question hits my news about 2 to 3 times every week. That is why I am motivated to write this post. People who ask the question are often woefully misinformed about what sin means in God’s eyes. They are not using Read more…
Jesus explained the reason: Yahshua/Jesus (ישוע) the Messiah is the Way, the Truth and the Life, (John 14:6); which means that whenever people are resistant to the truth, they are in reality resisting Jesus Christ, whether they realize it or not; and whenever anyone is resistant to Jesus Christ, to His Standards, and resistant to His Words, they are not just resisting religion, they are resisting the truth, whether they realize it or not. As It Is Written: ““He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed Read more…