What is true Biblical faith? When it comes to faith, we hear all kinds of things that it may or may not be. We hear people say, "I have faith that everything will work out..." Or, "If you just believe..." Or, "If your faith is strong..." When we say things like this, what really is our faith in, what is the content of that faith or belief? If we read Romans 4 closely the c...

Romans 3:23 is one of the better known verses of the Bible. But do we really believe it? it says, "all have sinned..." Do we really believe that we are sinners just like everyone else? If I believe this verse, I believe I am a sinner just like everyone else and have no room to boast or claim I am a better person compared to anyone else (see verse 27). Remember Romans 2 whe...

Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for the salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Why is it that we don't share the Gospel like we should? Or, why is it that we don't live out the Gospel like we should? Or, why is it we just can't get past some of these problems in our lives or others lives? I am ...

Romans 2:3 Do you suppose, O man - you who judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself - that you will escape the judgement of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? What annoys you? What things do people do or what type of person just drives you cra...

Hearing God's Voice "This site is shared by the Elders and Leadership of WVBC.Each post is a description of what the Lord is speakingto their heart through the Word." So what do you do when you're not "hearing" God's voice, when He's not speaking to your heart through His word? What do you do when you come to the water well to drink but the bucket that you draw from is ...

Acts 20: 1-4 "After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return...

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledgeof the Holy One is understanding." Proverbs 9:10 In another of many proverbs about wisdom Solomon again promotes thevalue of accepting wisdom's invitation and the foolishness ofrejecting it. In this chapter, just like chapter 8, wisdom ispersonified as one sending out an invitation to a magnificent banquet...

"Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord." Proverbs 8:34-35 Why listen, why watch, why wait? As many have said over the years,the Christian life isn't difficult, it's impossible! Only One hasever lived it; Jesus! So again, why listen, why watch, why wait? Sol...

I'm sure there are quite a few reasons why David was called "a man after God's own heart" but I came across a verse recently that really struck me. It wasn't just God who recognized his heart. 1 Samuel 22:2 says "And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there w...

Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me;because He is at my right hand, I shallnot be shaken. This is one of my favorite verses. I read it again this morning in my time with the LORD. I have taught my three older sons to memorize it. They put their hands straight out as they say "I have set the LORD always before me;." As they say the next line "because He is at ...