Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton My bathroom scale is a talking scale. Many a time, I‘ve wished it would just shut up. It makes me want to flush the toilet and run the water faucet, maybe clear my throat once or twice to drown out the bad news. That way at least maybe my wife …
Continue reading “Truth From Bathroom Scales And God’s Scales”
by Kevin Burton My good intentions, my (not frequent enough) good works will never, never save me. My place in Heaven is all about Jesus. One hundred percent. A recent message from Alistair Begg, the Speaker on the Truth For Life ministry, reinforced this point and it sent my mind back to …
by Kevin Burton He never sleeps, He never slumbers. He never fails to deliver His best blessings to you. God’s promises ring out from every book of the Bible, and not because we deserve any good thing. While we were still sinners, Jesus died for us to secure our future with Him. …
Continue reading “Renew The Covenant With The God Who Saves”
by Kevin Burton The credentials of Jesus, and your response. If you boil it all down isn’t that life in a nutshell, the answer to the 60s question, “what’s it all about Alfie?” The Bible says Jesus is the son of God, that He came to earth in the form of a …
by Kevin Burton You fearful and despairing, you weary of mind and heart, comfort today from The Bible, with help from a French novelist. “The more things change, the more they are the same” is the best-known quotation of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 –1890) a French critic, journalist, and novelist. You’ve probably heard …
Continue reading “Change, Seeming Change And God’s Stability”
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Been thinking on the work of the Spirit in our lives as we “work out our salvation with fear and trembling.” “Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not …
Continue reading “The Spirit’s Awesome Work Of Sanctification”
by Kevin Burton God knows this, so you might as well know it too. Right now, you could call me a “check please” Christian. You get the reference, right? In American situation comedies there is this line that writers use. I’ve seen the line delivered over and over in any number of …
Continue reading “What To Think Of A “Check Please” Christian”
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Spent this week thinking about the personal words that describe the Gospel. Words that describe what happens inwardly when one enters into the Gospel of Christ, the power of God unto …
Continue reading “Forget Self-Help, Seek God’s Heart Surgery”
by Kevin Burton When people think of you, what comes first to their mind? Or asked another way, what should go into the first paragraph of your obituary? I’m asking these questions today in the context of devotion to Christ, and Phil. 1:21 where the Apostle Paul writes “For to me to live …
Continue reading “Weighing Philippians 1:21 “To Live Is Christ””
by Kevin Burton If I say, “God knows the heart” you know just what I mean, right? Because you know the heart, somewhat, sometimes. Much of the time people speaking to you in the name of a corporation will lie to you outright for the sake of profit. Or, they will emphasize the …
Continue reading “Living Dogs And Dead Lions From Ecclesiastes”
Page 7 