Supplication and Sin
What are sins that lead to death? What are sins that don’t lead to death? 1 John 5:16-17 is one of the most challenging (and even confusing) passages in the Bible. Join Dr. Marty Baker as he helps us understand this passage, and more importantly, apply it to our own lives. Years ago a Christian […]
“P” is for Prayer
How much confidence do you have in approaching God? Can you share your needs, worries, wants, fears, hopes, etc. with boldness and honesty? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 5:14-15 and understand what Jesus Christ has done for our confidence in approaching God. During the wicked, spiritually compromised reign […]
Bold Belief is Sacrificial
Jesus sacrificially gave his life for us…what does it look like for us to sacrificially give our life for others? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 3:16-24 and unpack the ways that bold belief impacts the way we love the people around us. From the inception of the Church, […]
Prayer Matters
Psalm 74
What are God’s people to do when their institutions are devastated by ruthless enemies? How should Christians respond when the culture implodes and into the power vacuum steps ideologically driven people bent on silencing the Church, the voice of truth and morality? In January of 1933, Hitler was basically a low-level politician nobody really listened […]
Psalm 56
When you are in a threatening situation, the last thing you want to do is freeze up in fear. Take a young, single woman in my last church as a case study. Driving along a levee road near water which was over 30 feet deep, she suddenly had a blowout. Immediately, her car careened off […]
Psalm 55
I mentioned the old hit Backstabbers last week by the O’Jays, and only a handful of people remember this song and this tune. It’s worth recalling the lyrics since many of us have faced, are facing, or will face those people who oppose you for your Christian walk, thinking, and stance. What they do . […]
Psalm 51 – Part 1
Much spiritual wisdom can be gained by studying the flora and fauna around us. Take, for instance, a tree I trimmed as a gardener years ago. Outwardly, the tree exhibited life and health. Internally, however, the evidence could not have been more contrary. Cutting my way through a large vibrant branch with a sharp, many-toothed […]
Psalm 10
Prior to his martyrdom at the hands of Nero, Paul gave believers a prophetic word about what to expect in the last days prior to Tribulation foretold by Jesus in Matthew 24. Here is what the wise, spiritually seasoned saint told us while writing on parchment to Pastor Timothy: 1 But realize this, that in […]
Psalm 7
I pose a very pragmatic question today, one I have asked myself many times over the years as I have attempted to live a godly life in a godless time: How should a growing, maturing believer in Jesus respond to vile, vicious verbal attacks? From Christ’s teaching in the New Testament, we, at first blush, […]
