Books and our imagination

"Fight the good fight for what we believe. Hold tightly to the eternal life that God has given you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses." (1Tim.6.12)  We know that we do not wrestle with flesh and blood. Our foe is not a physical one, therefore our fight is not physical.  What then is the good fight of faith?  Our fight is with staying true to the standards and dictates of what the scriptures say.  At the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, the temptation was about staying true to his identity - if thou be the Son of God. You will notice that the tempter came to try to dissuade him of who he was. The good fight of faith therefore for Christ Jesus was to stay true to what the word of God says He is.  Paul at the Philippi jail, his temptation was to stay put in prison even when the prison doors were flung wide open. It was a morality and ethical fight. Many will fail and have failed at that. Will you remain true to who you are pub...

I am at a loss as to how it has become a thing in this day and age, where people tell you, I cannot do business with Christians. Some even go as far as to say, "once I hear the word pastor, that's a red flag for me". Really? Is it that bad?  I wonder where we have gotten it wrong. But if we take heed to Paul's admonition to the "man of God" in this verse, maybe we will have a chance at changing that.  "But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness." (1Tim.6.11)  He began by saying "flee these things". What are the things that we ought to flee as "men of God"? Previous verses had talked about greed, the love of money, and learning to be content with food and raiment. And then he points us to what we should follow after - in other words, what we should pursue.  He says we should pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness a...