The Tulip Driven Life

By: Thomas Fletcher Booher Quick, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the great commission? Starving children, poverty, tents, preaching the gospel in the wilderness to these stricken people so that they may receive an inheritance in the kingdom of God? I googled the great commission and the most common image that comes up is of a globe, either with the cross or Jesus' hands over it. The general idea in people's minds seems to be that the great commission is meant to stir us to take the gospel far and wide, on a global scale, so that those who do not have it can hear it and be saved. But is this really what Jesus meant?   Yes and no. Let's look at what Jesus actually said. Matthew 28: 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teachi

By: Sean Rice Lady Gaga's message in  Born This Way  is 'you were born like this - so there is nothing wrong; celebrate it!' But what if things aren't that sweet and simple? Right up front, this isn't a post about lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender lifestyles (which is mainly what Gaga is singing about  in her song ); we're talking about the entire human condition. When it comes to sin, wickedness, and depravity, we were born this way. This is who we are.  (1)  But that's a problem; despite what Gaga says, that's nothing to celebrate.  (2)  The solution isn't to feel better about our sin and say 'I'm on the right track'; it's to be born  again  -  Christian parlance for putting your faith in Jesus  and letting God change you, letting Him fix what is broken in you. THE CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL: BORN BROKEN It was the second-last day of an event called  Youth Quake  when the prayer request came out. Someone had give

By: Thomas Clayton Booher Total Depravity is the biblical teaching that all men are born into this world with a nature that has no desire to please or glorify God, but only a desire to fulfill its own lusts. There is much in scripture that verifies this doctrine (formal teaching). When David was confronted by Nathan the prophet (2 Samuel 12), he was stricken with grief and sorrow over his heinous acts of adultery and murder. Psalm 51 is David’s prayer in which he confessed his sin to God and sought forgiveness. In his confession, he reveals that his sin goes deeper than the acts he committed; it goes to the core of his nature, Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me , Psalm 51:5. David, like all of us, was conceived and born a sinner. Paul cites the Old Testament to confirm that There is none righteous, no, not one...there is none who seeks after God...there is none who does good, no, not one , Romans 3:10-12. The apostl