What Are We Doing?

Really, what are we doing? I’ll tell you: we’re doing nothing. Signing petitions, instigating boycotts, standing our ground… It’s all well and good, but it’s like cutting off the circulation to your leg after a snake bite to prevent the poison from spreading. Does it get rid of the poison? No. Does it save your leg? If nothing else is done, no. Does it save your life? It could, but it’s not enough to save you by itself.

We are instinctively responding to the problems. Good. You can always count on a faithful Christian to join the fight; provided there are a lot of people already fighting. Why does it take someone else doing something to get us to fight for Christ? Why do we wait till we are attacked to retaliate? The church building is not a vault to keep things in. It’s not a fortress with massive walls to keep the world at bay. The church is an outpost, a building that signifies claimed land. The ownership of Christ and His kingdom is signified by the church building.

An outpost is where armies kept supplies and went back and forth to on raids. When they had defeated an enemy, they would establish a new outpost in that territory. A new boundary marker for the kingdom. 

We are to take the fight to them. Use our outposts to refresh our weapons and provisions and then return to the battle. The reason most Christians sit around on their blessed assurances is because they are afraid of what the world might say or do. There is safety in numbers, so you can count on them when it comes to majority issues. But what are we doing? What are you doing? What am I doingto actively bring the fight to the enemy? Ask yourself: is what I am doing for Christ right now the most I can give Him?

If your answer was yes, you are lying to yourself and God. There is no limit to what you can give to God if you make yourself available and willing to do as He commands. There is no such thing as doing too much for God, too much to save souls, too much to help the hurting, too much to mend a broken world, or too much to glorify the Creator. We can never do enough, so by default we can never do too much. 

I heard a good friend of mine say:

“Gates are a defensive measure. So when the Bible says: “The gates of Hell shall not prevail”, it means that we will not withstand our siege.” (Paraphrase) —Jon Leighton

We are in a world war: a war for the conscience of humanity, a treasure hunt for lost morality, and a lawsuit for stolen liberty. We can’t win if we don’t take the offensive. The church was not meant to stay in the church house. The church was meant to go get the lost and bring them to the cross. 

Don’t sit still and wait to be attacked, slandered, persecuted, and ridiculed. Stand up and march to victory under the banner of Christ. It’s time we started fighting like we’re going to win.

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

Proving Your Salvation

Have you ever read a passage of scripture and thought it was just a collection of thoughts that didn’t really go together? That was me with 1 John 4, until yesterday.

The passage I speak of is one about knowing that you have surety in Christ and security in your salvation. The first few verses read:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

–1 John 4:1-4

The context of that last verse is something we often overlook. We haven’t overcome physical things, but spiritual things. The spirits of darkness have been conquered in our lives because of the Holy Spirit living in us. We overcome in our own life first, then we can overcome for others. 

But, not every voice you hear as a Christian is a voice from heaven. That’s why we are to prove the spirits, the voices; test them and try them to find whether they be of God or of the devil. 

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
–1 John 4:13

Hereby we know that we dwell in Him and He in us… We know; we are sure of; we do not doubt that we are in Him: that we are saved and secure. How do we know? Let’s go back to verse 1: try the spirits whether they are of God.

We question the spirit that speaks to us to prove whether it be of God. That spirit gives us a comfort and a peace, and by testing or trying the spirit, we can know that we are saved. If that spirit can testify of Christ and convince us of our salvation, it is true and we can testify of Christ and convince others of His love.

Prove your salvation. Know that you are saved.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

–1 John 5:13

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

By Your Grace

We didn’t get a ton of work accomplished in building the bus yesterday, so I’ll just post three pictures of the same thing. 

These are basically rafters on which to build the drop ceiling on. Up in those rafters will run the air ducts, lighting, and whatnot.

There is about 2 1/2 inches of clearance to work with up there and the ceiling will still be about 6’3 or so. The bus itself is a bit over twelve feet tall with the raised roof, so there should be plenty of room to work with.

Those wooden brackets were a pain to make, and there were so many of them. We had four to a beam and six or seven beams. Today was fun.

That video is the start of something I’m calling “Songs For The Blog”. Whenever I can, I will post these videos to help you get the message of my post. Some of the songs will be original… This one is a Gold City song. If you’d like to hear the rest of it, you can look up either Gold City or Austin and Ethan.

“What kind of life would I be guilty of…”

That’s my favorite line in the whole song. Because just the chorus alone sounds like a living for Christ song and doing the right things… But this line adds the dynamic of being sheltered and protected by God’s love. What kind of life would we be living if we had not accepted Christ’s gift?

We live by the grace of God, it’s conditional that if He spares our lives His wrath, we must live for His glory. We should want to. Everything: building a bus, singing, teaching, hanging out with friends, listening to music, going to the movies, eating, sleeping, and everything we do should be done to the glory of God; for its only by His grace we can do those things.

Just a thought for today, not a theology or theory… Just a simple thought that could change the world.

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

Building A Bus: Episode… I Forgot

We are in North Carolina and have a few days of free time. So, what do you do when you have a day off from work? You work. Right now, living is a full time job. Between building the bus, singing, and blogging, It’s hard to find time to do anything else.

With several days where we can work on the bus, we parked it at a church near our hotel and basically took over their carport area. Lumber and tools all had to come out of the bus, which was a big job all by itself.

This is probably the most updated picture of the interior of the bus. It’s still pretty much just the raw wood, but you can see some wall structure going in as the skeleton of the inside is being built.

This is a shot from the back of the bus looking out to the front. Some closets are being built and rooms being framed. It’s pretty simple stuff… Until you realize that everything you’ve done so far is not square or level…

Yikes! At first, it was just the bowed wood that made everything not center or be square. So, we took a string line to it. 

But, because the bus has an air pressure leveling system, and the front airbag has a leak, the bus leans forward. This caused our string lines to be incorrect. So, much of today was spent fixing things.

We did manage to get the supports in place for the shelves that the bunk beds will rest on, and started building the support from the front bathroom countertop; found the air leak, fixed all the squaring issues… It was a busy day.

Life has been interesting, and it’s been difficult for me to find time for what I consider to be really important. I find that the things I really care about are the hardest to fit into my schedule. I hate having to make room for the most important things… But does that mean they are not the most important things? If I’m not prioritizing them, does that mean I really don’t care that much about them?

The big, time-consuming things are big and time-consuming for a reason. The problem is finding out why God put these circumstances into your life and why they are taking the most of your time; then learning from them and using them. God didn’t make them the main thing in your life for you to have to work in the important things around them. They are important, you just need to find out why.

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

MRM: The Incredibles

In light of the impending sequel, I thought I would go back and rewatch the Pixar superhero parody, “The Incredibles”. I’ve heard it lauded as original and unique, but what does that mean anymore? It’s a superhero movie, by definition it’s not original. How many times can we see the protege of a superhero, (or in this case fan), turn against his mentor for spite?

Now, to put it upfront, I love this movie. It’s one of my favorite Pixar films and has so many good characters. Here we go:

The Wonderful World of The Incredibles:

Life in the unreal world. By introducing superheroes into a world that contains no super villains, we see all of the problems of normal villains being completely taken care of by these heroes. A world without care, where good people can be good without worrying about their lives being inconvenienced by bad people.

Wait-, hold it right there. Something’s wrong… Why does it sound so normal to say that the world consists of good and and people? Are people good or bad?
Here’s the kicker: nobody is good and nobody is bad. That’s odd now isn’t it? But not even the world is so shallow as to believe people are either good or bad. You never see a headline that reads:

BAD MAN GOES TO JAIL FOR ROBBERY

Why? Because the crime(what was bad about the man) was what he did, not who he was. If we could be convicted for who we are, you might see a headline that reads:

17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR BEING A TEENAGER

That would be ridiculous. You cannot be arrested simply for being who you are. What you do makes you what you are, (ex: robbing=robber, murder=murderer, etc…), but not who you are.

Can you be a bad person by your actions? Yes. Are you bad by nature because of your actions? No. Our nature dictates our actions, not the other way around, and our actions define us. There are no good or bad people, just people who do good or bad things.

The Story That Killed The World:

So, Pixar set up their world of perfect normal good guys and perfectly normal bad guys and superheroes who keep life good for the good guys. Then they kill it. The world turns against superheroes because they believe they have the right to not be saved: fine. But when the good people choose to be bad the Pixar world raises supervillians to fight the superheroes. What? Why? You not only killed your perfect story of heroes who are needed to keep the world within balance, but you made the world need supervillains! Why?

This is a poor job of story telling where rather than try to fit the story into the world, they attempt to fit the world into the story. In order to justify the existence of both superheroes and normal crime rates, this movie had to invent supervillians. Badly done. You cannot both have a realistic working world and a massive amount of super humans.

The Worldview:

All of this is worldview, I’m analyzing the world of the movie, the characters, and the worldview of the creators. However, this section is specifically for what the film wanted you to get out of it, as opposed to what the message could or should have been. How do we determine what message the makers of the film intended us to get out of the movie? Well, first we need to look at the motives of our antagonist(Syndrome), and our protagonist(Mr. Incredible).

Mr. Incredible:

What was Mr. Incredible’s story? He loved saving the world but also wanted to live a normal life. He got married, had kids, worked a real job, but quickly found out that he couldn’t be both normal and super. He missed the action, and though he liked saving people, we don’t see that as the driving force for him reverting back to his superhero days. They call them “the glory days” for a reason, and Mr. Incredible was addicted to the hero game.

Syndrome:

In a way, you feel bad for Syndrome. He was a child who wanted to help his hero fight crime. He wanted to be just like Mr. Incredible, but the pride of our hero causes him to hurt a young boy’s feelings and turn a fan into a nemesis.

Syndrome didn’t have a particularly hard life, and quickly gained everything he needed to become a successful villain. But, the filmmakers tell us that he is a villain because of what others did to him, they make us feel bad for the villain and take his side. In fact, by the end, you have people liking Syndrome more than Mr. Incredible. Why not? He fought to help people, he wanted to get rid of superheroes because they hurt him and because they hurt others. A world without superheroes was what the film really needed anyway.

In a seemingly desperate scramble to redeem Mr. Incredible he becomes the only one who can save the world. Being the only super with the correct set of powers to destroy Syndrome’s robot.

Final Analysis:

Yes, I do mean final. This movie was about a family, not just one man. And to be fair, they did show that the family needed to work together to save the city. It’s always better to work together to accomplish the goal. Interesting point here: our villain has the ability to immobilize the family for a time, but he doesn’t have the ability to break them. Only the family can destroy themselves, the villain doesn’t have that kind of power. God doesn’t let Satan destroy your family. Satan can try, but the most he can do is try. Only you can destroy your family, your choices, your words, your actions, your spirit are what can pull together or tear apart your family.

If family is all this film got right, than that would be all it needed to save the world. That’s the message I want you to get here. The family together, and with a little supernatural help, can save the world. Don’t let anyone or anything make you tear apart your family. God gave them to you because you need them and they need you. Together, you can do anything.

I don’t know about you, but my family is pretty incredible. Not because of what they do, but because of who they are and the unique superpowers God has given them to use for His kingdom and His glory. That’s what makes them special. That’s what makes you special. That’s what can make your family The Incredibles.

As always, thanks for reading.

—the anonymous novelist

 

Human Sponges

If I should speak, then let it be of the grave that is greater than all my sin; of when justice was served and mercy wins; of the kindness of Jesus that draws me in. O, to tell you my story is to tell of Him.

–-Big Daddy Weave

Psalm 119. Now, I’m not going to copy and paste the whole passage into this post, but this is important to note: with the exception of verses 90, 122, and 132 every verse mentions the law, word, way, statutes, commandments, testimonies, or precepts of God. My point is that there are 176 verses in this chapter; it is the longest chapter in the Bible. With 176 verses to play with, David used only 7 expository words to describe God’s Holy Word. Why those words? Why so often? 

David was so filled with the Spirit of God and a desire to be completely engrossed and saturated with God’s words, His commandments, statutes, testimonies, words, precepts, way, and law that all the flowed from Him was just that.

What you are filled with is what will flow from you. By David’s example, we learn that if we are completely soaked with the Word, it will flow from us in everything we say and do: like a sponge, (there’s where the title comes into play).

Sponges start out dry and cracked before they come in contact with water. Really, they are useless for cleaning; if you try to clean with them they will shred or break. Without the water, the sponge has no purpose, no meaning.

But once a sponge is filled with water and the water flows through it, it makes thing clean. Even when a sponge is emptied of its contents, it is still moist and ready to soak up more. 

Like sponges, humans are dry and useless without Christ who is the living water. But, once they’re filled, and are saturated and soaked in the words of God, He can then use them to clean up a dirty world. Notice that I did not say that without Christ we are worthless. Every human life has intrinsic value. Every sinner has a savior and every saint has a service. 

You know what a full sponge does when you drop it on the floor or throw it against a hard surface? It splashes water everywhere around it. As Christians we are sponges to be dripping with the Word of God. Never let yourself become dry. Be filled with the Spirit and the Word of God, so that when you hit the wall, Christ will explode from you.

Rejoice when you are crushed, for the more you pressurize a sponge, the more water will seep from it. If all that is within you is Christ, when you are put under pressure, He will be all that comes out of you. I’ll tell you right now, it is hard to be mad while quoting a Bible verse, or praising God. The Scriptures say that the joy of the Lord is our strength, and that in the presence of the Lord there is fullness of joy. 

We are sponges. Are we dry and useless, or are we filled with the water of life? 

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

The Real Issue

I don’t have the words… You may expect by now that I would always have something to say. But, I’m at the end of myself. My brain is empty, my body is tired, my mind is weak, in my brokenness and uselessness I can only pray that God speaks through me.

I suppose that should’ve been my intention all along… Right now, I’d like to apologize to you, my readers. I’ve not been faithful to you, I started a blog, I preached messages to you, gave you tips on life, often relaying the words of God Himself, but I have not always written God’s words, I have written mine. This blog has become vanity. Sure, no post has gone without a purpose, but was every post the right things spoken at the right time? 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

–Ephesians 6:12 

I’m realizing this fact more and more as of late. What service doth it supply my brethren if I tell them of the battle but do not teach them to fight? What doth it aid to instruct the brethren in battle but not expose the enemy for them to fire at? We need to face the fact that we don’t wrestle against Obama or Trump. We don’t restle against flesh and blood, Hillary, Bernie, Cruz, Kasich, ISIS, transgender, homosexuals, laws, governments, nations or kings: no! We need to realize that the enemy is not human. 

We wrestle against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, Satan and his demons, spiritual wickedness in high places. We fight a spiritual battle. It’s not about human rights, it’s about spiritual non-issues. We need to see through the eyes of faith, like spiritual x-ray goggles, to see the spirits at war for the souls of men and women today. 

The lie we’ve been fed for centuries is that what we see is all there is. I’d like to suggest that what we see is not the half of all that there is to this life. The spiritual side affects the physical side of life. The wars that wage between Christians and the powers of darkness is one that the world cannot see. Only through fiats can this spiritual realm be glimpsed. The lost don’t even know their danger.

We need to realize what we are fighting against. Then we need to know how to fight it.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

—Ephesians 6:13 

We fight the powers of darkness by standing our ground. We are to put on the whole armor of God and stand firm. I love the lyrics of the song that say: “I look at what you’re facing and think maybe after all, the only thing that you’ve been guilty of is standing tall.”.

This is how we are to fight, to stand upon the Word of God unwavering in our beliefs. Never backing down. Having done all, to stand… Well, that’s all I have for you today. Happy Sunday everyone.

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

The Channel

Whatever you want, you first must give away. The way life works is what you sow you reap. Whatever you cast upon the water will return to you. That which you give, you will get.

You are a channel of dispensation. What goes out through you will return to you. You are responsible for what comes through your channel. Let’s take a look at what it means to be a channel. 

If we’re talking about the waterway channel, they are created to bring things from one point to another. A channel joins two bodies of water and is large enough for most sailing vessels to traverse. The channel was created and is responsible for carry things from one place to another. In human terms that means souls to Christ; sinners from darkness to light: from death to life. 

A channel can be responsible for transportation, or it can be responsible for transmission. The channels you watch on television bear messages one direction, from a broadcasting station to all who would tune in. The channel bears the message from one place to another. Interestingly enough, the channel is not responsible for how many people watch, only that the message makes it to their televisions.

A channel doesn’t create its own message, it transmits someone else’s. But the channel is charged with the message and must make sure that only that message is shown. The channel doesn’t have a say in what it broadcasts, it’s opinion doesn’t affect what airs. But the channel is responsible that no message other than that of the station  is broadcasted.

You are a channel. You are responsible for displaying the right message to those who see you. What network are you with? What message is being broadcasted through your station? Are you allowing a message to flow through you?

The biggest misconception among Christians today is about the purpose of the Christian life. What is the purpose of a Christian? Is it to win the lost to Jesus? To go to church and praise God? Or to become missionaries? Well, yes and no. The purpose of Christians is to lift up Christ that all men might be drawn unto Him. We are to proclaim or broadcast Christ to the world that they might see Him, hear Him, and feel Him in everything we do. We are the channels that God works through, and we need to always be available to broadcast His message to the world.

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist

Why Your Prayers Aren’t Getting Answered

Who Are You Praying For?

I don’t mean interceding or praying on the behalf of someone, I mean are you praying for your own gratification or for God’s glory. Are you praying for yourself, so that you can be spiritual, so that God will do what you want Him to? 

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

—Luke 18:11

Or are you praying for God, so that He can hear from His child and answer their pleas?

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

–Luke 18:13

To Whom Are Praying?

There is a specific formula in Scripture for a successful prayer life and one of the key ingredients is praying in the name of Jesus; John almost overemphasizes this.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

–John 14:13

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

–John 14:14 

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

–John 15:16

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

–John 16:23

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
 

–John 16:24

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 

–John 16:26

Praying by or in Jesus’ name is praying that what we ask be fulfilled according to His will. If we are not praying in the name of Jesus, we aren’t praying according to God’s plan and our intercessor with God will not relay our words to Him.

How Are You Praying?

Is a prayer a time set aside where you speak to God by formality, routine, or obligation?

Pray without ceasing.

–1 Thessalonians 5:17 

If praying is an event, it is not how God intended it to be. Obviously we cannot always be talking, but prayer isn’t one-sided either. If a prayer is all talking and no listening, it will not be answered. If you don’t listen to God’s words, why should He listen to yours. We listen by being still and waiting upon God. We listen by reading His written Word and praying according to it and by it. We listen by being aware of God moving in lives around us. 

How Are You Living?

This is the biggest one for me. If your actions don’t love Jesus, your words will not love Jesus.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

–Psalm 66:18

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

–Isaiah 59:2 

If we don’t live like we believe, why would God answer our prayers. If we don’t repent of our sins we cannot speak to God because He cannot be in the presence of sin. If we cling to sin, regarding it in our hearts, God will not hear us. If we hold onto sin, how can we believe He can deliver us from Him. God will not hear an unrepentant prayer. 

So before you bring your request to God, ask forgiveness from your sins, don’t send up your prayers to heaven from a sin-filled  heart: they won’t make it if you do. Make sure your life is right, your heart is right, and believe by faith that God will do what you ask if it is asked according to His Word and His will.

As always, thanks for reading.

—the anonymous novelist

Dear Idiots:

You know who you are, but who you are doesn’t make you an idiot. What you do makes you an idiot. I’ll be using some very strong words in this post, and to be completely clear in my meanings, I’d like to define them from the start.

Pervert: alter something from its original state to a corruption of what was intended.

Desecrate: treat a sacred place with violent disrespect.

Man: an adult human male.

Woman: an adult human female.

Idiot: a stupid person.

Those are all fairly straightforward, but the one I want to start with is: idiot. That is the litteral definition of the word “idiot” from the New Oxford American Dictionary. Even the definition is… Well, stupid. Synonyms of idiot are: ignorant, stupid(obviously), unintelligent, and mentally handicapped. So, what do you call it when a major department store, and let’s just say for argument sake that this store is Target, starts allowing men identifying as women to share a restroom with actual women? Based upon the definitions we just looked at, I would call Target(the management), idiots.

First things first, even should a man say that he is a woman, we still consider him a man who says he is a woman and not a woman. Therefore his, “gender identity” may be woman, but he is still a male who identifies himself as such. The real point is that being a man and being a male are slightly different. Male is a position, not just a moniker. Whereas the word man is a distinction from other created beasts that can technically mean both male and female: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”, (Genesis 1:27 ), the words male and female are not. 

Female is a gender title that refers to the position in reproduction, and the make and model of the appearance and functionality of a person. Male, likewise refers to a specific role in reproduction and operates entirely opposite, but in complete compatibility with the female. You can’t change your gender, it is biologically, biblically, and ethically impossible. God, as well as nature forbids it.

At the very least, for such perverts there ought to be a third restroom designated. And I use the word pervert in the strongest possible sense. Not only are these humans perverting God’s plan in the most disgusting way, they are perverting nature and even our government. 

This issue, for which we can hold the transgender crowd alone responsible, is causing strife and contention between the once united States, even greater than the election of President Obama. It is the single most destructive movement whose purpose is to attempt to pervert and desecrate the United States, Christianity, and the order of the world. It’s as if they’ve painted a target on their backs that says, “kick me”. Something like we would do as kids as a joke, and laugh about how stupid the person was to not notice. Idiots deserve to get a good kick in the pants. But are they idiots…? Or are they idiot geniuses? 

Without intending to, this freak of nature movement has endangered the safety of all the nations. They have painted a target upon the heads of the world. You thought Sodom and Gomorrah got it bad for their abomination, think of what would happen to the United States of America, or the UK, or Canada, or Germany, or Japan, or Nigeria if this movement took over. God’s wrath would be so hot upon that country you would feel it in Antarctica.

But, back to Target: why stop there? Why not have species neutral restrooms? Just so we’re not discriminating of course. Why not specify that murders, rapists, child abductors, cannibals, sexual perverts, and all other manner of sinners are allowed into the women’s restroom? Simply because an idiot “believes” that they are something does not make it so. If I told you I was a 5’4 African/American Jewish Imam from Switzerland, you would stare blankly and then walk away. Why? Because what I told you would be so absurdly skewed and twisted that you would think me insane.

Yet, even that statement above would be more realistic than a male by birth, nature, and ordinance of God to physically be able to change his gender. Are we really that stupid? I almost can’t believe it.

Target has been a sick example of the drastic decline in moral values in the world today, but mainly in the US. The fact that we even have this problem of transgender, perverted idiots, who are obviously ignorant of God’s law, or indignant of it, is a sign of the end of time. Christ’s coming is near, sinners need to repent. This sickness in our souls, this befouling in our spirits can only be cured by the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is power of God unto salvation to them that believe. There are no grey lines, there is no such thing as neutrality. Choose a side: believe God or die.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

–Romans 6:23

As always, thanks for reading.

–the anonymous novelist