No-Longer-Common Today

NLC Articles house a collection of topics which will impact the way you think about a subject and enlighten you to what God’s word has to say regarding the topic. You will be surprised at the vast difference in how we have been taught to think and how God thinks and intends things to be.

For a Christian death is a reward.

“For a Christian death is a reward.”

How to Identify and Use the Gift that Only you Have

You better believe it; you have a gift! We call it your product. Kerry recently coined this phrase “sell your product”. It means promote your gift, your talent, trade or special skill….that thing that you are really good with. Concentrate all your being into to this product. In other words …

How am I More Different than Anyone I Know

Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself for years; how am I more different than anyone else I know? For the majority of my life, I have been trying to fit in. In elementary school, I wanted to be just like everyone else. I wanted to have the things that …

How Your Life is Like the Lottery

You’ll never win the lottery without participating. Most everyone understands how a lottery works. You know, you purchase a ticket which gives you an opportunity to win a large prize. You are thrown into a pool amongst many others who have the same opportunity you have to win the same …

Hebrews 13:5 Can My Feelings Be Trusted?

I believe that one of the keys to life is that we must be satisfied with our present circumstances. Satisfied! Being satisfied doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams of something better. Let your manner of life be without love of money, being satisfied with your present circumstances. For He …

Is falling asleep in church my fault or the preachers?

Have you ever been in a church where the preacher puts everyone to sleep? Check out this verse of scripture that I’ve heard some preachers use to justify their boring messages. I will begin with Acts 20:9 NLT ” As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, …

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.- Mark Twain

Was Jesus a victimized lamb or victorious soldier?

The uncommon truth about “Easter”. The Bible, my favorite book, referred to Jesus as a victorious soldier. Tradition, common culture, and even television depict Him as a quiet, gentle, soft, and victimized lamb. While the Bible does state that He is the Lamb of God, it’s not so that we …

1 Thessalonians 5:17 You Could Use a Shield of Defense

So why is it we give up on praying? Why do we only pray when situations are out of our control? It’s interesting, when all hope is gone we turn to prayer. Never stop praying. Give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus. (1 …

The Baggage You Carry

Have you done so much that you still carry the baggage and you just can’t seem to part from it? You’re not alone. For many (ordinary people), our sins seem so great that Christianity –the forgiveness of all our sins– seems too easy. -Inspired by “The Testament” Most of us …