Total Christian | Ernie's Musings

Total Christian | Ernie's Musings

Last week a dear young sister in the Lord relayed to me how she had been accused of being a “total Christian” because of a video she shared on Facebook. I told her it was great that she should be identified that way, however, she felt insulted by the moniker. From her perspective, or by her definition, a “total Christian” is someone who is narrow-minded, intolerant, judgmental, and hateful. Well, that was a new one on me! I know of “Christians” that fit that description, but “total Christian” would not be an attribute I would ascribe to them.

Read more ... http://erniecarrasco.com/2015/04/26/total-christian/

Too Rich for Heaven | Ernie's Musings

Too Rich for Heaven | Ernie's Musings

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.  (Luke 18:23)

Let’s face it. With the possible exception of the homeless, many of whom are in that condition by choice, poverty – the third-world kind of poverty where people live on one bowl of rice a day, have only one change of clothes, no shoes and live in cardboard houses – in the United States does  not exist ... Affluence often erects an insurmountable obstacle to the Gospel here in America. Many people here in the U.S. are self-sufficient enough that they do not perceive their need for God. They  get along fine without Him, so why should they give up their lifestyle to follow Christ who asks them to change their way of living? Read more ... http://erniecarrasco.com/2015/04/19/too-rich-for-heaven/.

Thou Fool! | Ernie's Musings

Thou Fool! | Ernie's Musings

The rich man said to himself, "I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?" (Luke 12:19-20)

What would cause God to look upon an individual and make such an assessment? What qualifies as a fool in the eyes of God? Read more: http://erniecarrasco.com/2015/04/12/thou-fool/

Then Came Sunday | Ernie's Musings

Then Came Sunday | Ernie's Musings

The story of mankind is brief and straightforward despite the naturalistic stories invented by evolutionists. God created man in His own image. Man disobeyed God's only command, and the curse of death entered the world and fell upon all men. Someone had to pay the penalty of death, so the Lamb of God offered Himself as the substitute for man's debt of sin. Jesus died nailed to a cross. But then came Sunday! Read more: http://erniecarrasco.com/2015/04/05/then-came-sunday/.