Christian Conduct – A Dedicated Faith

July 15, 2026

Jesus on “Scandal”

What does Jesus mean by "scandal"? While modern culture thinks of scandal as public shame and disgrace, Jesus uses the concept to describe something far more serious: a stumbling block that ensnares people and damages their relationship with God. By examining the Greek word **σκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)** in Luke 17, Matthew 5, and Matthew 18, this article explores Jesus' teaching on personal holiness, responsibility, temptation, and the serious responsibility Christians have not only to avoid sin themselves but also to avoid becoming stumbling blocks to others.

March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

Being Slow to Speak in a World That Won’t Stop Talking

How should Christians navigate the endless stream of social media posts that try to provoke our responses? Let's think through how Christians should engage in social media.

June 7, 2025

Loyalties Neglected: Words of Jesus We Still Don’t Hear

Jesus didn’t say you shouldn't serve God and money. He said you can't. Yet, many churches attempt to balance allegiance to both — redefining faithfulness in economic terms. In doing so, we sound far more like the Pharisees than Jesus.

June 2, 2025May 29, 2025

Treasures Neglected: Words of Jesus We Still Don’t Hear

Many Christians today are scaling the spiritual dangers of wealth like free-solo climbers on El Capitan—with no preparation and no awareness of the risk. Jesus warned clearly and repeatedly that riches are spiritually dangerous, yet much of the Church celebrates what he condemned. This post calls us to rediscover Jesus as our true treasure and repent of the materialism that has distorted his teaching.

May 29, 2025May 28, 2025

Service Neglected: The Words of Jesus That We Still Don’t Hear

Jesus doesn’t separate faith from compassion. In Matthew 25:40, he says our treatment of the hungry, the stranger, and the prisoner is how we treat him. Many Christians today dismiss care for the vulnerable as optional. But Jesus makes it central. It’s time to recover the gospel's forgotten mercy.

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Mercy Neglected: The Words of Jesus That We Still Don’t Hear

Many Christians admire boldness more than mercy. But Jesus says the merciful—not just the correct—are the blessed ones. In an age of outrage and theological pride, mercy isn’t optional. It’s the mark of those who’ve received God’s heart. We must return to Jesus’ vision: truth expressed through compassion and grace.

July 11, 2023

Divorce: Mark 10:1-16

Can Christians divorce and remarry? Let's look at Jesus' teaching from Mark 10:1-16 to understand how Jesus brings such a painful question as divorce into his vision of the restoration of all things.

February 2, 2023

Be Holy

As Christianity surges in persecuted nations abroad, what holds back revival in the Western Church?

December 8, 2022

Almost Beyond Control

"Whenever you find a man of God, you will also find an overwhelming passion for God that is almost beyond control" ~ A.W. Tozer "Almost beyond control": the Christian's passion for God should never be under the control of the flesh, so that it is subjugated to the will of the flesh, nor is such …

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March 28, 2022March 28, 2022

Rethinking the “Church / State” Divide

I think we need to challenge the way of thinking that divides life into different spheres and then attempts to assign Jesus' various teachings to their relevant spheres. Jesus is not just Lord over one or two spheres of life, he is Lord over All!