In James 1:15-16 there is a shift of metaphors from hunting and fishing to childbirth. “Lust is depicted as a mother conceiving and bearing a child, which is “sin” and whose ultimate destiny is “death”. Early in my ministry this was known as the “LSD” verse of the Bible. The Lord makes it […]

I am a fisherman, and as such I purchase a lot of fishing lures. Every lure is designed to catch a fish, but I my wife tells me from time to time, each of my lures has caught one sucker! – lol. When I buy a lure, I often walk through a store like Cabela’s […]

In the testing of Jesus in the wilderness after 40 days and nights of fasting, the differences between testing and temptation can be seen clearly. From Satan’s perspective, the experience was intended as temptation (an inducement to sin0, but for Jesus the experience was a test, which He passed without the least wavering. Despite Satan’s […]