Live Scripturally
Pastor Claude T. Stauffer
A Most Helpful Holy Habit
Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. – Mark 1:35 “I feel distant from God.” “I feel defeated.” “I feel helpless to resist temptation.” “I feel spiritually weak, empty.” “I...
Is It Ever Right to Fight?
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Today I watched a video of a pastor having a physical altercation with a neighbor of his. Pastor Tony Spell, 48 years old, of Life Tabernacle Church in Central Louisiana has...
A Warrior Father – A Message Not Only For Father’s Day
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” – Matthew 10:34 Fathers are important. Warriors are important. Warrior Fathers are what we need for such a time as this. The importance of fathers to families and their...
What God By Faith Can Do Through You
Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord" - Matthew 9:28b We live in a culture of gadgetry. Our cell phones pack more power than the Computer’s used to land men on the moon. We can contact just about anyone anywhere in the world by...
The “Gospel” According to the Gospel of Matthew
“Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you” – Matthew 9:2 Do you know what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is? I hope you do because your eternal destiny depends on it. The Gospel is stated as follows: 1 Corinthians 15:1-6 - Moreover, brethren, I declare to you...
Confronting Darkness Saving Souls
“And He said to them, ‘Go.’” – Matthew 8:32 Did you know that about 71% of the planet is composed of ocean waters? Did you know that we’ve only explored about 20% of the ocean? That means 80% of the ocean is unexplored, unknown, mysterious, dark. Interesting. Did you...
The Wind and the Waves Obey Him, Will You?
So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” – Matthew 8:27 I believe this is an important message. It’s longer than usual, but don’t let that deter you. I believe this message is “for such a time as this.”[1] Please pray...
Teen Takeovers – Lawlessness is Lovelessness
“Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” - Romans 13:10 Have you seen the new social media generated phenomenon, Teen Takeovers? A Teen Takeover is when a riot of teens, in numbers overwhelming to local police, flood a local...
Strike!
And the man of God was angry with him, and said, ‘You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! – 2 Kings 13:19 God is not a pacifist. God ordains that His people go to war at times. There is “a time for war”...
There’s Always Hope for Jesus to Heal
“. . . I am willing; be cleansed. . . “ – Matthew 8:3 Hopeless is a word not found in the vocabulary of Jesus. There’s always hope with Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew is a manual for discipleship and one of the especially important truths Jesus our Supreme...