By Faith, Not By Sight
Walk By Faith, Not By Sight Many of us pray to God to be given a focus word for the New Year. I have done this for the last few years. On December 21, 2020 I had written this: “My … Read More
Titus 2’s Teaching- Not Mindfulness, But Spirit-fulness
The World’s Way Is Not The Way – Why Mindfulness Is Not Our Approach What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness” is a popular technique being used in therapeutic circles to address emotional and mental health issues these days. Increasingly, we are being … Read More
The Nature of God- Monism or Triune Godhead
A Christian observed in a social media post that she preferred to think about religion(s) through this analogy: That all rivers, lakes, and streams flow into one ocean. Therefore, some would say all religions lead to the same goal…. … Read More
Serpents, Doves, and Opportunism
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16 These are among Jesus’ words to his disciples, the Twelve, as he was preparing them to be … Read More
Water Signs, Jonah, and Repentance
There are moments when the Scriptures just all seem to “fall into place” and you go “Hmmmph, well I’ll be!” Today was one of those days. In our study of Genesis we were discussing Rebekah and Isaac. The author was … Read More
It’s All A Test…..
I remembered something I hadn’t thought about in a very long time. Years ago I was interviewing for a rather coveted job for those with sales career ambitions. At the interview I was asked to take a personality inventory, which … Read More
Gnats and Camels
There are a number of biblical references that can be heard here and there but are not recognized as biblical. Similarly, there are statements that some assume are biblical which are not. Sunday evening someone told me that she’d heard … Read More
Begotten, Not Created: Jesus Christ Is God, We Are Not
The Christ is here! Some go astray when they express belief that, because Jesus was human, we as humans can “incarnate the Spirit of God” in the same manner as Jesus and become gods, too. They take the “brother” notion … Read More
Ready For A Spiritual Awakening?
Are you ready for an awakening of faith? What holds you back? Perhaps lack of imagination? Jesus was not recognized by the Jews of his day because of their conditioning to expect the prophecies about the Messiah to be fulfilled … Read More
Ask, Seek, Knock
“Ask, Seek, Knock” is a concept the Lord had me explore deeply years ago…. Asking implies curiosity or a desire for information, but not necessarily a deep desire to know. Seeking suggests that one has a good idea of what … Read More