Word. Spirit. Church. Kingdom. Grace. Truth Word of God leads us into life in the Spirit. Spirit takes us deeper into the illuminated Word of God. Church is intended to manifest the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God becomes a reality as the Church walks...
Micah 6:8 proclaims to us: “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” How does one “DO JUSTLY” except by making a distinction between good and evil in...
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God….. we enter through the gate of brokenness, needing comfort and in meekness…. Not by our...
What’s on my mind, asks Facebook? Honestly? Honesty. This morning I heard the radio devotional by Ron Hutchcraft, A Word With You. I had listened to his daily radio devotionals for years when we lived in Alabama from 1992 on, when I became born anew....
“When the church takes seriously its call to facilitate healing and life transformation as the Body of Christ, the world will be a different place…… one person at the time. We must reclaim a holistic view of what “abundant living” can be and help people achieve it. ...
John 14:9-21 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in...
A Soul Character Study 1-13-21 Before the “Law” was given to Moses at Mt. Sinai, there was the character of God and God’s revelation of himself to his creation by what God did, what God said, and upon what (or whom) God showed his favor or discipline. God was,...
I had written recently about a bit of squeamishness about the crucifix… it bearing the body of Christ……. While God’s mercy and grace expressed in Christ’s willingness to die for my sins is a measure of his love and a cause of great gratitude by me, it is...
I receive an online newsletter called “Sounds True”. I look at it from time to time to get the drift of what’s being peddled by the popular culture as “Truth” to ears that want to be tickled…… today it offered a free video by a renowned Zen master called...
Morning musing……. Does it really matter to you whether or not Jesus Christ returns in the flesh, upon the clouds, or on a white horse? If we believe and live as if his Holy Spirit, HIS Holy Spirit DNA, in us is enough, the transformation in us and in the world will...