Author Archives: George and Benita Wicks
Betrayal
Betrayal is purposely hurting someone who has loved you. Betrayal is a dull knife that cuts deep painful wounds. The source of betrayal is jealousy. It is based on the belief that cutting someone else down to size will somehow … Continue reading
God’s Love and Man’s Rebellion
One of the main themes of the Bible is man’s sinful rebellion against God and God’s redeeming love in reaching out to man. God’s love is always associated with His sacrifice. God’s love and man’s sin met at the … Continue reading
The Number One Problem Facing America Today
What is America’s number one problem today? It is the fact that the majority of Christians have given their children over to be discipled by secular humanists. There are a few lies which must be believed in order for this … Continue reading
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is a phrase found at the beginning of our country’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence. These are rights that our founders recognized came from our Creator. This idea of these three rights … Continue reading
The Power of the Word of God
This evening during our family worship time one of the topics we talked about was the power of the Word of God. There were two different passages of scripture that I used to demonstrate this power. The first passage was … Continue reading
God’s Words Written On Our Hearts
Today I preached on Deuteronomy 6:1-15. My message was about a multi-generational vision for making disciples. Part of this vision is to have God’s words written on our hearts. How do God’s words go from stone tablets or written pages … Continue reading
Youth Groups – A Bible Example
The modern age segregated youth group model of has a biblical example. It is found in 2 Kings 2:23-25. This passage of scripture speaks of Elisha the prophet. 2 Kings 2:23-25 King James Version (KJV) 23 And he went up from … Continue reading
Matthew 24 – The question of when.
I just finished updating a teaching page in our Bible Prophecy section which considers a difficult passage of scripture and when it will be fulfilled. The link is below. Look for Benita and I to post more frequently again as … Continue reading
KJV, Cross References, and Truth
One thing I have said for a few years now regarding the KJV and other bible translations is that other translations of the bible in English remove the word cross references and destroy truth that is revealed in the KJV. While … Continue reading
The Original Greek
One phrase you will hear many preachers say today is, “the original Greek says” and then they will go on to tell you why your English bible could or should be translated in a different way. This technique which I … Continue reading