Mandeville Church

There’s a difference between religion and spirituality. Religion has to do with keeping the outward activities and traditions. Spirituality has to do with what’s going on in the heart. I understand James specified “pure and undefiled religion” in James 1:27: “to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the [Read More...]

Meg’s comment Monday had to do with our relationship with the Lord (love the Lord your God…).
Doug send me a comment yesterday morning which leads nicely into the text for today: Luke 10:29-37. Doug said,
It’s also our relationship with others, as He says.  When we unselfishly give up what we have for others, we all [Read More...]

A lawyer stood up and put Jesus to the test, saying “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 10:25)
Now this is a wonderful question! Have you ever asked this question? Perhaps not in so many words, but I’ll bet you ask this question a lot. What does God want me to be [Read More...]

One of the greatest arguments made by atheists against Christianity has to do with the destruction so-called Christians have left in their wake. Especially glaring, perhaps, are the Crusades, in which the Roman Catholic church authorized specific “holy wars” mainly against Muslims. However, it was not just Muslim blood which was shed. Corruption, murder, rape, [Read More...]

The divisiveness found within Christian circles is astounding to me. The Roman Catholic church says it is the only true church of Christ while several other, Protestant churches make the same claim: “We are the one true church.”
The disciples of Christ had this attitude. Check out Luke 9:49-50:
John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone [Read More...]

I would like to find one politician who drives himself solely because he wants to serve his constituents. I want to meet the boss lady whose sole ambition is to expend herself for the people in her organization. Is there such an animal as a servant leader?
An argument started among [the disciples] as to which [Read More...]

I was chatting with my brother-in-law this morning about some books written by atheists (Dan Barker’s Godless and Richard Dawkins’ The Blind Watchmaker and The God Delusion). Edwin said he wished atheists would recognize and admit that their beliefs are, in fact, based on faith. They accuse us (who believe in a Creator) of blind [Read More...]

Someone (who shall remain nameless) asked me yesterday to elaborate on the last sentence of the post “Is It Lawful?” I ended it with:
As these Pharisees and scribes are “filled with rage” at Jesus working on the Sabbath, so we sometimes get angry when some break the “rules” we have discovered in Scripture. How closely [Read More...]

Here’s the situation: You’re on the way to meet with the saints on Sunday morning. You are happy because the morning went relatively smoothly, and you’ll get to the meeting place ten minutes early. All of a sudden, a car ahead of you suddenly swerves off the road and nails a telephone pole! Several other [Read More...]

I want you to read Luke 5:33-39 with me today. It comes on the heels of the two stories we discussed Tuesday (Jesus heals the paralytic) and Wednesday (Jesus eats with tax collectors). The same Pharisees and scribes continue to be offended at Jesus, but they are not yet willing to address Him openly. They [Read More...]