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In Matthew 18 Jesus gives the procedure for dealing with men when they sin. I say men because the passage never refers to women. It is talking about when one man sins against another man. This is obvious in the passage when it is read acurately: 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother ." 16 "But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be …

Jesus explains to us what the purpose of the Holy Spirit is in John 14:25-26. If we look carefully at the passage we will see what Jesus is saying to His dicsiples. "These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." (John 14:25-26 ESV) Jesus has been with his disciples for 3 1/2 years. He is now speaking to them in …

Yesterday morning I woke to a couple of revelations. One of which I am going to share in this post. I came to an understanding about what it means to use the blood of Jesus as the atonement for sins. I also think that many times we downplay, or take for granted just exactly what was done for us as he suffered on the cross, or as Isaiah 55:13 puts it "the everlasting sign". I was thinking about what I would say to the King of the Universe when I stand before Him and asked Him to accept the …

This site has been getting more than the usual amount of attention regarding Mark Batterson and The Circle Maker . Thank you to those who have posted comments and contacted the ministry regarding this issue. It is disturbing to see that this is going virtually unchecked in the Christian community. I would say most of the hits that I recieve on this site are now coming from people who are looking for more information on The Circle Maker . If you haven't read the first blog post on this subject you can …

Some of you may have been asking where I went. As many of you know times are tough financially for a lot of people and our household is no exception. My wife has taken a job and that means I have less time to spend on Pilgrim's Light with everything else I am doing to make ends meet. I do feel that this ministry is helping people so I am committed to continuing as I can with my own funds. The ministry has never recieved outside support, and this is not a plea for financial support. I will keep …

When I tell people that the Bible is a Hebrew book I get universal agreement on the Old Testament (OT), but most people believe that the New Testament (NT) is a Greek book. However, I would say that the Bible is Hebrew from cover to cover, and I'll explain why. There are a number of different theories as to how we received the New Testament. The traditional Christian view is that they were written in Koine Greek, the lingua franca (popular language) of the day. That is the optimistic view. The skeptical …

This is one of the most intense books I have read in a long time. This is a book written by Richard Wurmbrand a Romanian pastor who was tortured in prison for 14 years by the communists. He talks of how the underground church in Romania operated, how they witnessed and preached under communist oppression. What happened to them in prison. Everything. He would have continued in Romania, but the underground church told him to go to the West and tell everyone what was going on behind the iron curtain. He …

I can tell you from my own study of these things these videos by Mark Woodsen are right on the mark. His understanding of the occult and the images in the movie is absolutely correct, as I have verified this from my research before I saw these videos. Mark Woodson does a good job showing where the script for the movie "The Passion" comes from, why the film was made, and what the intention of the film is. There are some very disturbing images in this presentation so please be warned. Mark also …

There are 66 books in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. This may seem random, but it is actually very structured. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet (Aleph-Beth). If you assign a letter to each of the books of the Bible you will go through the exactly three times: 1st- Genesis to Song of Songs 2nd- Isaish to Acts 3rd- Romans to Revelation If that was it it would be cool enough, but there is more. The books follow a 5-12-5 pattern, with a final round of 22. (This is very helpful if you want …