This website is hosted by Robert Wurtz II. This blog is intended to be a means of putting into writing some of my musings about New Testament Christianity in a post modern culture. We are instructed in scripture to, "Gird up the loins of our minds."
The spirit of Jannes and Jambres Robert Wurtz II Always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their... Continue Reading →
But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, master! For it was borrowed" (2 Kings 6:5). Each prophet or prophet's helper went to the Jordan to cut down trees to build a lodging place. The prophets were poor but willing to... Continue Reading →
A Cave of Bandits Robert Wurtz II Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all... Continue Reading →
The Life that We Need Robert Wurtz II And having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water" (Hebrews 10:21-22). When Jesus died on the... Continue Reading →
Confronting and Correcting Carnal Cliques Robert Wurtz II Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For... Continue Reading →
The Blood of Jesus ChristRobert Wurtz IITherefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood (Acts 20:28).Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in... Continue Reading →
Handling Rejection (2021) Robert Wurtz II "Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it" (Psalms 69:4 NKJV). "But this happened that the word might be... Continue Reading →
The Fire of Desire (2021) Robert Wurtz II I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20... Continue Reading →
The Seat of the Scornful Robert Wurtz II Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by... Continue Reading →
The spirit of Fault-Finding Robert Wurtz II "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye" (Matthew 7:5). In this article we explore what I'm referring to as "the spirit of fault-finding" as a key characteristic of hypocrisy and... Continue Reading →