by Mark Shaw | Sep 26, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
Watch tv for a week and write down every time you hear the word “sin” mentioned on any show! You likely will not hear that word at all during the entire week. Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the word “sin” is deleted from the English...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 21, 2008 | Truth in Love Staff
How many of you are familiar with the story of Lazarus found in John 11? When you read this chapter of God’s Word, what questions or thoughts come to mind? I have read this story on more than one occasion. Only recently has God opened my eyes to an awesome...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 21, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
My family recently got into watching the last season of the Food Network show: The Next Food Network Star. Aaron McCargo Jr. won the show and he was our family’s choice to win. We hoped Aaron would win and here’s why. We were watching one of the last...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 17, 2008 | Truth in Love Staff
Have you ever heard someone say, that you need to get plugged in? In the world of wireless devices and portable everything, doesn’t it seem odd that we use the phrase “get plugged in”. Maybe somehow we know deep down, that the only way to really...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 8, 2008 | Announcements, Partnerships, Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
We were able to visit an awesome church last night in Birmingham – Philadelphia Baptist Church – which is one of the churches we are partnering with! The church put together a “Glory Revealed” worship service led by Josh Meredith and Pastor...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 4, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Who’s image are you made in? Genesis 1:27 tells me: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” – The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (electronic ed.) . Good News...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 3, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
I read recently that evolutionists are pushing for a new holiday for Feb. 12th called “Darwin Day” because this year is the 200th anniversary of his birth. The article came from the ministry, Answers In Genesis, founded by Ken Ham. Because I believe the...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 1, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
Forgiveness and Repentance are difficult subjects to blog about. I hope I did not confuse you! My primary goal was to link the two concepts for you because most people do not understand the gift of repentance! The Gospel is balanced – man needs repentance which...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 31, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
There are 2 types of people in this world: believers in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and UNbelievers. Both need repentance and forgiveness. Believers need Fatherly forgiveness from God on a continual basis for sins. Believers must repent and believe in Christ...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
What about situations like rape, severe abuse, and murder of a child by an unbeliever? How is the offended party who has been raped, abused, or lost a dear loved one to murder supposed to respond if he/she is a Christian? The answer: like Christ did. IN LOVE....
by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I think we emphasize forgiveness more than we emphasize repentance. I find that more people do not understand the gift of repentance (Rom. 2:4) that God gives us. Repentance is good. When an offender repents, there is a total change in thinking that leads to a change...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
We do not realize how psychologized we are. By psychologized, I mean how affected we are by the worldly ideas of man. The Bible, rightly interpreted, must be our source of truth. True or False: Sins are against God alone. FALSE. We do sin against people. When someone...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Like in the Old Testament, there are 3 words for forgiveness in the New Testament. These terms suggest that forgiveness is granted based upon human repentance. Eph. 4:32 says: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 29, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
In the Old Testament, there are 3 words for “forgiveness.” Guess what? All 3 are conditional upon repentance! This makes sense when you remember that Israelites sacrificed animals and shed their blood for the remission of their sins. God is JUST. He must...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
In scenario #2, the BROTHER or SISTER in Christ repents. So what do we do now? Simply, forgive them. Grant them the gift of forgiveness, which is a promise not to bring it up to 1) yourself, 2) bring it up to the offender, and 3) bring it up to a third, uninvolved...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender according to Luke 17:3-10 & Matthew 18:15-20? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In both cases, the offender is a BROTHER or...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I love repentance. What a gift from God according to Rom. 2:4! God is patient with us all. Let me encourage you: confess your sins to God. Ask for Him to forgive you – not based upon your own good deeds, but upon THE greatest “good deed” of the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In scenario #1, we are required to have a FORGIVING SPIRIT (or attitude) toward the person. If...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Forgiveness by God is conditional. It is conditional upon Christ first and our repentance and faith in Him alone second. By definition, forgiveness involves 2 persons. One must be the offender and one must be the offended. In our salvation experience, God was the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I left you hanging yesterday. Sorry about that! When we talk about forgiveness, we must understand that it is relational between at least 2 persons. God is a personal God – He is a Person. How does He forgive us? Unconditionally? No. Because of our disobedience...
