Sean Palmer is the lead Pastor at the Vine Church in Temple Texas. You can follow him @SeanPalmer
I agree with those who feel that America is headed for uncertain times in our near future. According to a new Quinnipiac University Poll released last Tuesday, America’s President-Elect, Donald Trump, will enter the presidency with a historically low approval rating, only 37%.
Trump’s approval rating has actually declined since his popular vote loss and electoral college win last November. At presen..

Roy Ratcliff is the pastor who baptized infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

After Dahmer was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to many lifetimes in prison, Ratcliff began visiting him and sharing the gospel. According to Ratcliff, Dahmer struggled to grasp the depths of God’s grace. It’s not hard to understand why. For someone who committed such atrocious acts, grace must have seemed unattainable. But in a 1994 interview with Stone Phillips, Dahmer said: “I have accepted [Jesus] as my Lo..

Like lots of people, I’ve had no shortage of challenges and heartaches in my life, including disability, the sudden loss of my father, and career setbacks. Once, when grieving a broken relationship, I turned to a trusted older friend for comfort.

“This hurts more than anything I’ve ever experienced,” I said.

“Oh,” my friend gently replied over the phone. “You’ll have to face a lot worse than this.”

And of course this friend was right. It was a bracing wake-up call from someone farther along t..

“When you trace back the lineage of Jesus you come through Lot’s cave. And the stench of sin in that cave is overwhelming; just as the stench of sin throughout the Old Testament is nauseating. However, the long-awaited Son of David was born to bring salvation to the nations. Here is the bouquet of grace! The sweet scent of the gospel that lifts our spirit!”

The cave seemed like the perfect hiding place, but soon it became the setting for one of the most heinous scenes in all of the Bible. But e..

Having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Romans 6:18
Morning
Having been set free from sin,
you became slaves of righteousness.

You cannot serve God and mammon. § When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasti..

If you do not know this kind of love, I would urge you to come to Christ and be reconciled to God. Come to the one who so loved the world that he laid down his life for his sheep. Come to him in repentance and faith. Learn at the foot of the cross what love truly is. You cannot truly love anyone else until you learn to submit yourself to the love of Christ. So come and learn. His yoke is easy; his burden is light.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. (Sol 2:4 ..

Have you taken time today to thank God for His mercy, kindness and grace? Are you thankful for all He has bestowed upon you? Here are some great KJV Bible verses about thankfulness.

Thankfulness Described
Psalm 116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD.

Ephesians 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord J..

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Choosing the right leader to vote for is every person's responsibility. But we are not left without any help from the Lord.

God gave us His Word, and inside it are precious instructions and wisdom that will guide us in choosing the right person.

Not convinced? Here are three reasons why God's Word should be our guide in choosing the right person to vote for as leader.

1. God Knows All Men Perfectly

When candidates campaign to get votes, they usually present their good side..

Only two people had the potential to be perfect parents. Created in God’s image, they were given the grand assignment to “be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and govern it.” They were to raise children who bore this same image, living in glad obedience to God. As their family grew, so would the boundaries of Eden. The whole earth would become a garden filled with offspring reflecting divine glory.

But Adam and Eve failed to be what they were made to be. Their disobedience ushered in the r..

Not long after Joshua led the Hebrews into the Promised Land, they began to walk away from the Lord. In fact, after Joshua died they “did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim” (Judges 2:11). This angered the LORD but even so He raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hands of their enemies (Judges 2:16). Each time the LORD raised up a judge to protect the people, they only strayed farther and farther from the LORD. In those days judges acted more like military leaders than ..