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How to Be Seen as Righteous as God in His Eyes
Jan 16, 2024
You have all heard that the Bible teaches we are all sinners. There is none righteous, no not one. And I don’t think anyone disputes that. We know that we have sinned at times, even if we try to not sin. No one is perfect. No one is 100% righteous. Jesus Himself referred to us as “evil.”
Is Baptism Part of the Conversion Process or a Command for the Saved to Follow?
Jan 13, 2023
I am writing this paper because one of my fishing buddies who is a minister of the Disciples of Christ denomination believes that Baptism is part of the conversion process while I believe it is something the saved do in obedience to the Lord’s command and to testify publicly of their faith in Christ.
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 1
Nov 21, 2019
First, I want the reader to understand – like everyone else who wants to do right I am a work in progress. Even though I know right from wrong and want always to do the right things, I still fail at times hurting others or God or both.
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 2
Nov 25, 2019
Though I remained active at 1st Baptist Galena Park, I don’t think I grew much as a Christian during my teen years. I was what I now recognize as socially challenged. I would rather be alone out in the woods or on a creek than with a group.
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 3
Nov 26, 2019
I concluded my senior year in high school spending a lot of time with friends Mac Cook and Earl Holmes. They were both Christians. Earl and I shared baseball as an interest, and Mac and I discussed going to college as roommates.
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 4
Nov 26, 2019
The last year of college was different. Radene’s and my tremendous mental and physical struggle of waiting to get married (intense sexual attraction but committed to saving sex for marriage) weighed on our parents, and they mercifully
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 5
Nov 26, 2019
In early September 1967, my 2-year obligation in the army ended, and I made it back safely from the Viet Nam tour of duty. The first year back was spent re-adjusting and getting a life and work lined out: a month of vacation with Radene at her parents’ place on Eagle Mountain Lake,
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 6
Nov 26, 2019
In 1976 Radene and I decided to move to a better school district and away from the industrial side of Houston to a better climate. We chose Spring Creek Forest subdivision not far from Klein High School and in 1977 had a house built at 6419 Moccasin Bend.
My Life’s Journey of Faith-Part 7
Nov 26, 2019
My years so far at Cedar Creek are as much as anything a testament to the truth that you never have to stop growing or learning spiritually. Through inspiring early morning quiet times,
