A Fading GloryRobert Wurtz IIFor if that which fades away came through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory? Therefore, since we have such a hope, we speak very boldly, not like Moses, who kept covering his face with a veil to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the... Continue Reading →
The Human Relay
The Human RelayRobert Wurtz IIQuench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 KJV)Several weeks ago I shared an article I entitled Commercial Christianity that sparked some interesting and insightful conversations on sermonindex.net. I would like to visit an important point that was brought up by bro.... Continue Reading →
Bound Together By Love
Bound Together By LoveRobert Wurtz II Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (Colossians 3:12-13 ESV)And above all these put... Continue Reading →
Manufactured Compassion or Genuine Love?
Manufactured Compassion or Genuine Love?Robert Wurtz II Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. (Proverbs 17:9 ESV)Lifting up your brother while holding back the forces that would destroy himThere are times when sharing a terrible offense in our lives can be used of God to bring understanding... Continue Reading →
Diagnosed with Hate
Diagnosed with HateRobert Wurtz IIBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. (Malachi 4:5-6) And many... Continue Reading →
Circumspect or Train Wreck
Circumspect or Train Wreck?Robert Wurtz II That the aged men be sober grave temperate sound in faith in charity in patience (Titus 2:2)In 1 Timothy 3:2, 3:11; Titus 2:2, 2:5 and many other places we have this concept of being 'temperate' or 'sober'. It carries the idea of abstaining from wine or any other thing... Continue Reading →
Faith Cometh By Hearsay?
Faith Cometh By Hearsay?Robert Wurtz IIAnd she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. (2 Kings 5:3)It happens that the Syrian captian of the host Naaman had taken captive a young girl of the Israelites who had knowledge of... Continue Reading →
Broken Beyond Healing
Broken Beyond HealingRobert Wurtz IIHe who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing. (Proverbs 29:1 ESV)He that is often corrected, yet remains stubborn and obstinate, shall suddenly be broken. The emphasis in the passage is on suddenness. "We must think first not of actual punishment, but of chastening, reproving... Continue Reading →
65 on Ice
65 on IceRobert Wurtz III call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live. (Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV)Our passage is a sobering reminder that God has set before man choices. This implies that he/she... Continue Reading →
Until John
Until JohnThe dawn of a better covenantRobert Wurtz IINow in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high... Continue Reading →