This website is hosted by Robert Wurtz. We are instructed in scripture to, "Gird up the loins of our minds."
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?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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The Forgotten Gospel Robert Wurtz IIWhereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes... Continue Reading →
