by Claude Stauffer | Dec 5, 2023 | Christmas, God's love, Holidays, Holiness, Holy Living, love
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens – Hebrews 7:26 Should I or shouldn’t I celebrate Christmas? Some will answer that question with, “Absolutely! What am I a...
by Claude Stauffer | Aug 22, 2023 | Cost, Endure, Gospel, love
“For the love of Christ compels us, . . .” – 2 Corinthians 5:14 What are you willing to endure to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Maybe you thought from the title that this was to be a teaching on enduring personal hardship or suffering. We are often...
by Claude Stauffer | May 2, 2023 | Grace, Guilt, Labor, Law, love
“Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.” – Romans 7:12 We are surrounded by laws. Laws serve a very important societal purpose; they maintain order and are the basis of convicting and controlling criminals. But some people would...
by Claude Stauffer | Jun 29, 2021 | Christians, love, TRuth
“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” – John 13:35 Christians are to be known by their love. But the nature of that love should not be interpreted to exclude truth. Love minus truth is not love but merely the soft...
by Claude Stauffer | Oct 15, 2019 | action, Church, Cost, Gospel, Living truth, love, Politics, Power of God, Prayer
“Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin” – James 4:17 Are we doing all we can? Are we doing what we should be doing? There is a cost of doing nothing. You’re on a double-decker city bus, at night, on your way home from a busy...
by Claude Stauffer | Oct 8, 2019 | Ghosts, love, Mind, Occult, Right Thinking, Spiritual Warfare
“Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair on my body stood up.” – Job 4:15 People watch the onslaught of zombies out of the darkness in “The Walking Dead.” They watch the hacking and ripping of zombie flesh and the crushing of their skulls as heroes put off the...
