“Failure is a bad thing. Failure leaves us feeling bad. Failure hurts. Failure disappoints. Failure is a setback. Failure can even be shameful and embarrassing. If we could avoid failure, we could.”
“We no longer give these offerings that were given in the Old Testament, because Jesus became the offering. However we still need to address the issues the offerings addressed. The issues guilt offering addressed remain most holy…”
“…When we come to church we are in the same class. Knowingly or unknowingly, we start competing on who is better materially and worst of all spiritually. When one of us sins, we broadcast their sins loud, far and wide …
“So far that sounds negative and even offensive to others. There is a positive side to this powerful statement that we are not our own. The positive side is that…”
“The law of the land requires that all criminal cases must be handled by the state in secular courts. It is illegal and totally wrong for the church to handle criminal cases…”
“.. You cannot repent on behalf of another person. You can’t live in sin and expect that when you die in sin without repentance, that other people will repent for you…”