Study Desk

This is about the good news being known. I do what I do for the glory of God and his good news.

Despite all they saw and experienced, God was not pleased with them. As a result, their bodies are strewn all through the wilderness.

Don't do like they did and worship idols or anything other than God. The Good Book says, "The cowboys and cowgirls sat by the fire and ate and drank, and then had a wild party."

You have the same temptation today that they had long ago. But you can trust God to help you. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you are capable of handling. There is never a temptation God hasn't already provided a way of escaping. With God's help, you will succeed. Without it, you will fail.

Am I saying that food sacrificed on the altar at the main church is the same as food sacrificed to idols? No! An idol is a stick or a rock or a demon, not God.

If God made it and it's meant for eating, you can.

I don't care if you're eating or drinking, do it for the glory of God.

But listen to this so there's no confusion—when you ride out in your pasture, God is the Boss, Jesus follows him, man follows Jesus, and woman follows man.

A man who rides in front of Jesus, even when praying to God, dishonors the one with authority over him.

A woman who rides in front of a man, even if she is praying to God, dishonors the man who has authority over her.

That's like if she were to cut off all her hair and try to be a man. She is denying the wonderful person God made her to be.

A man should remove his hat when praying, for he was made in the image of God and God's glory shines through him. A woman reflects a man's glory in the same way. Now everyone is shining when we do things the way God says to do 'em.

God didn't make a man from a woman, he made a woman from a man.

Even though the first woman came from a man, every man after that came from a woman. So, if you want to get all technical about it, everything and everyone came from God . . . and that's what's important.

See if this ain't right, a woman shouldn't be going to God in prayer or say she rides for the brand without doing things the way God said to do 'em.

Same thing goes for a man. It's obvious a man who prays to God should do things the way God tells him to do it. It's a disgrace if a man prays one way and acts another.

A woman's beauty is a reflection of who God made her to be and she should not dishonor that.

You can argue and throw a hissy fit about this if you want to, but this is the way God said to run his churches.

and thanked God for it. Then he tore it up and said, "This is my body and my body is given for you. When you eat it, remember what I did."

After supper, he took a cup of wine and said, "This cup is the new contract between God and his cowboys. It is signed in my blood. Anytime you drink it, remember what I did."