Robert Simon

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also - Matt 6:21 Our heart is our life. What we love is who we are. Life is not about accumulating material goods, or even about accumulating spiritual knowledge. Life is about the transformation of our hearts. It is about becoming men and women whose hearts love God and love like God. In the end, we will not be judged based upon how smart we were, how hardworking we were, or how many good deeds we did, but upon how well we loved. To what...

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. - Heb 11:6 According to the writer of Hebrews, there are two conditions that must be met before someone will seek after God. First: belief that He exists. If someone does not believe God exists, then they cannot possibly seek after Him. No one spends time investing into something they think is fake or illusory. Second: belief that He is...

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. - Romans 14:23 Here Paul gives us a very interesting definition of sin. According to Paul in his letter to the Romans, sin is "whatever does not proceed from faith." The NLT renders this phrase, "If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning." Now this is not the only definition of sin, but it is an extremely valuable one. These are not rigid...