The White Stone Zone

Read the following passages of Scripture and tell me if I am telling the truth when I say that Any preacher or teacher who teaches that you must tithe to get God to bless you is blaspheming the Gospel of Jesus Christ . 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he[ c ] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.” EPH. 3 10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written

Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people. (Psalm 113) All of mankind is poor and needy; not all of us recognize our need because we are meeting those needs ourselves, usually at the expense of others or the expense of our health and well-being. Examples of this would be the man who works hard and becomes successful, but he does not have enough time for his family. He may also neglect his health and diet. Another example, but less obvious is the wife who endlessly sacrifices for her husband and kids, always putting her needs last. Or the spouse of an addict who is always forgiving and “puts up” with all the addicts shenanigans to the point other folks say, “Oh, what a saint after putting up with him all these years.” More recently, we watched a great, larger than life pop-sta

What is freedom? Our country values freedom. Soldiers are now fighting for our freedom. There are many misconceptions concerning the true definition of freedom. The USA is probably one of the freest nations that ever existed in the history of man, but individually most citizens live in personal bondage. Many citizens of this great nation are enslaved to things such as drugs and alcohol; others are enslaved to anger, fear, doubt, depression and various other emotions, and some of our fellow Americans are behind bars. So, just because we are citizens of a free nation does not necessarily mean that we are taking advantage of our freedom on a daily basis. Likewise, the Christian Life is to be one of freedom, but so many saints live in bondage to various taskmasters. They have been freed from these thieves and usurpers of freedom, but they have not taken advantage of it. Jesus said that it is the truth that sets us free. So, if it is truth that sets us free, it must be lies or ignorance of