As shocking as this sounds, many people have espoused the belief that Jesus Christ and Satan are in fact related. But like all frauds, this teaching is all sizzle.

It's not a new idea. It goes back centuries and it is based on a distortion of the Bible.

Back in the first century when the Lord's church was just getting started, heretics attempted to instruct naive believers that Jesus was no more than an angel. He was a very good angel, and a strong angel, but an angel nevertheless.

I have a few questions for you to consider...

• Have you ever sung songs you learned in church during the week, when you are alone, when your only audience is God?
• Have you ever really meditated on the words that you are singing? Sometimes, reciting a song as if it was a poem, without the notes, gives a special insight as it allows us to focus on the actual words.

Ultimately, of course, the real words of strength that we should rely on are in the Word of God.

Are you online a lot? Do you participate in online discussion groups and forums? Do you have your own blog or website? If so, then you're a target for a particularly nasty type of email, one that is not only criminal, but attacks the name of our Lord and Savior as well.

What follows is an example of the sort of email I'm receiving at least three times a week, since I've built our church website. And some appropriate actions that you can take in the event that YOU receive something like this...

I really don't know where to start with my testimony. It all began when I was about 16 years of age when I met my dear sweet husband (then my boyfriend) and he invited me to come to church. He attended a small Church of Christ in Long Beach, CA. At first, I went to church just so I could be with David, but later I began to go because I was inspired by the preacher and the people of church.. I began to study and soon became a Christian.

Greetings, fellow church members and website visitors!

Since this is my very first blog entry, I'd like to take the opportunity to give an introduction and my testimony. Future entries here will cover my daily walk, and whatever inspiration may have hit me over the head on that particular day (or week).