It is hard growing up. In the short time leading to adulthood, a child can experience a wide variety of issues, tragedies, heartbreaks, losses, mistakes and disappointments. And, in the world teens are living in today, these challenges are compounded in ways that are hard for older generations to comprehend. Sometimes, when children are experiencing the trials of life, the only thing…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by Robert Lupo
There is an old adage that says, “Everyone wants to fit in.” That certainly has some truth to it. No one wants to feel weird. We want to be liked. We want to share interests with others and make friends. There is nothing inherently wrong with wanting to fit in. As Christians, we are expected to fit in with the church at…
Some things test your patience way more than others. When you’re a kid, trying to not peek under the tree at Christmas could be the greatest test of all. On a much more serious note, as Christians, patience can be one the most difficult virtues to master. On the surface, patience can be understood as just the ability to wait on something.…
No one likes being caught in the middle of an argument, especially when it’s between your brethren in Christ. Often, even the best Christians fail to handle arguments privately, as our Lord described in Matthew 18:15-17, and will look for a friend to back them up. This is not a situation a Christian wants to be in. We are supposed to love…
I opened a new savings account last month. My wife and I were looking for a safe way to save money. So, we opened an account with a bank that is FDIC insured. This means that the federal government guarantees that even if the bank fails, our money will be returned to us. So, we accepted the terms. There is good reason…
Recently, there has been a trend amongst so-called “progressive Christians” to subvert plain Biblical teaching in various places in the Bible. They will make wild claims, like the word translated as “homosexual” in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 meaning something different, although the word literally means “a male who engages in sexual activity with a person of his own sex.”…
Let’s face it. There are some sections of Scripture we tend to skip over. Probably the most successful ender of Bible reading plans are the genealogies in Genesis. And second place would certainly go to the entire book of Leviticus. But, if we let our aversion to these less-than-thrilling sections of Scripture rule our studies, we would miss a great wealth of…
Do you get tired of being so good all the time? Well, that’s probably a quick “no.” We all sin and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23) and perhaps more frequently than we wish. No one is good except God (Mark 10:18). So, let me rephrase. Do you ever get tired of trying to be a good Christian all…