A Knight's Blog

  Since The Passion of Christ (2004) film there has been memorabilia releases to go along with the the Christian media. I remember there was screenshots from the film with Bible verses framed, Nine Inch Nails necklaces, and so forth. The Chosen has done the same, releasing devotionals that are aimed to reach the audiences of the show. I picked up one of these because I am always looking for devotionals and I wanted to see how those involved in series would present Scripture.  The copy I picked up is called “The Chosen Book I, 40 Days with Jesus” which has trio of authors Amanda Jenkins, Kirsten Hendricks, and Dallas Jenkins. Dallas Jenkins is the creator, and director of the Chosen, and Amanda is his wife, so this devotional lends light on their beliefs and what they endorse, since there has been controversy not only on the liberties Dallas is taking with Scripture in the Chosen Series, but his closeness with Mormons, who are not Christian, but have another book written by Jos...

  In Seeker Friendly Churches we have become accustom to every comfort, coffee, cool air conditioning, contemporary Christian worship songs that sound like secular bands, and more. We have been groomed to want what is easy, and enjoy what gratifies our flesh. In contrast, the Scriptures urge us to repent, “Those I love I discipline, so be zealous and repent,” (Revelation 3:19). Repent means to turn from sin. That means to change the behavior and cease practicing it. When people confess their sins to the Lord, He does forgive them, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” (1 John 1:9), and the Sin was forgiven at calvary when Jesus Christ our Lord died on the cross. However, repentence is a life long struggle, like Jacob and the angel, it is us wrestling with who will be our master, the flesh or the Spirt, “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For t...

  A soul tie happens when you form a bond with a person that is so strong that effects your emotions, your spiritual life, and even corner of your being. Typically you feel a pull, a knot in your soul to this person, and no matter how many times you try to not think of them or even cease communication, you feel yourself as if on a fishing line, pulled right back to them.  A healthy soul tie is in a marriage with another follower of Christ. In that case you will benefit from it, as your emotions are connected to someone seeking to conform to Scripture, and your spiritual wellness is well, because they love the Lord. However, most soul ties are not healthy, they are formed through emotional attachment with someone, and if they have a different spirit, that can be detrimental because if they are not Christian they belong to Jesus, “You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work ...

  Art from Gospel Coalitiom As Protestants we tend to have an uneasy relationship with good works because the Church of Rome uses them for salvation, when it is the finished work of Jesus and believing in Him and it that saves us (John 3:16, Romans 10:9-6, Acts 15:7-11). We often have to recite to our Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cousins, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God ,  not by works, so that no one can boast.,” (Ephesians 2:8-9) and thus are compelled to downplay works lest they be used erroneously for merit and penance. And yet Martin Luther and many fear that this can lead us to an apathy towards doing good. We struggle because we must remove good works from salvation, and must get into a the vein of doing good works because we are saved, and Christ lives in us, from whom alone we can bear fruit, “Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remai...