Christ said to the Apostles “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth.”

Is Christ saying that the Spirit of truth is our helper? I am not comfortable thinking of the Spirit of God as my helper.  That sounds like God is subservient to me and that makes me start to listen for thunder and to watch for lightning.  Is God my helper, or am I His servant? […]

Is there a formula on how we should tithe? What happens if you cannot?

Here’s the fuller picture; Biblically, a tithe is the first tenth of one’s increase, set apart for God.  For us in the modern world, that’s 10% before taxes. In the Old Testament, Israel gave tithes to support the Levites, the temple, and the poor.  That’s 30% on top of what the civil government required. In the New […]

I heard someone once said to beware of that which is acceptable to the world.  What are some of the practices God is asking us to separate from?

From the beginning of the Scriptures, God commanded His people to separate themselves from the other people of the world.  They were to look different, act different, hold different opinions and to behave differently.  They were to treat people differently, they were to have a different diet, they were to not intermarry with the others […]