Live Scripturally
Pastor Claude T. Stauffer
An Open Letter to Those Left Behind
Sometime in the near future an event of unprecedented proportions is going to occur. At the same time it takes an eye to blink, countless numbers of people will disappear. This will be a shock to the systems of the world. This will be an astounding event of biblical...
Never Forget
“I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’” - Isaiah 45:7 “For He does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.” – Lamentations 3:33 “And we know that all things work together for good...
Love is An Action Not Abortion
Folks, abortion is a heinous act. The vast majority of abortions are not done to protect the life of the woman. [1]One study showed that the health of the mother was the reason for abortion in 12% of the cases. The two most common reasons given for having an abortion...
How Satan Enters In
Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. – Luke 22:3 One of the scariest portions of scripture is the account of Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Judas was one of the twelve. He sat by the side of Jesus at the Last Supper. He was...
Redeeming Christmas
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. - Galatians 4:4-5 The way we celebrate Christmas today is much different...
Mites, Mustard Seeds, and Mountains
So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.” – Luke 21:3-4 Have you ever been down to your...
When It’s Right to Resist
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. – Galatians 5:1 Is it ever right to resist a government mandate? Jesus was questioned about this in the gospels, and His answer is relevant to...
Impossible?
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name’ – John 1:12 In Luke 18, a young rich ruler walked away from Jesus’ offer of salvation because he was not willing to give up his one last idol, his...
How to Not Give Up
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, - Luke 18:1 My goodness, with all the confusion and injustices, all the deception and seeming double standards allowing the privileged to prosper, one could get down and depressed,...
Life is a Vapor
An Evangelistic Message James 4:13-14 - “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor...