I had a conversation with an individual in a service ministry in which the individual shared that he knows that his very active service ministry will have to change in the next few years and he sees God’s hand at work preparing him and circumstances around him for...
This article is a second one I have seen about the firing of Dr. Paige Patterson, former head of two Baptist seminaries and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, for his conduct in regard to suppressing reports of sexual abuse on the campuses and,...
Dr. Sandra Richter, in her “Epic of Eden” book and study, offers a metaphorical image that sets the stage for studying the Old Testament as a whole. She used the image of a someone falling off of a mountaintop, landing at the bottom of the mountain, broken and unable...
“Names of Jesus used by the demons: Son of God (Mt 8:29) Jesus of Nazareth (Mk 1:24) Holy One of God (Lk 4:34) Son of the Most High God (Lk 8:28) Even the demons recognize Jesus as incarnate—truly God, truly man.” Posted @ Twitter by Dustin Benge A young...
One doesn’t have to look very far to see terrifying, destructive, horrific acts in the world. Jesus said don’t be surprised and he said it would get worse as time goes on. He also told us what to do about it. Matthew 9:6-13…..Jesus’...
There are moments when one sees a situation playing out in a way that looks so familiar it almost feels like deja’ vu. But the second time through a sudden awareness dawns: this is a spiritual attack. It had all the same preceding characteristics…… rapid onset...
Jesus told a story of a man who had an evil spirit cast out. The evil spirit wandered in the wilderness, then returned to find the man’s soul “empty and swept clean.” The evil spirit gathered seven more spirits worse than himself, returned to the man and he was worse...
In 1997 I spent six nights in a Bay County mental health hospital, the first night in the suicide watch unit, although I had never considered or attempted suicide. For about 2 months I had been plagued with delusions, even hallucinations, and confusion which I tried...
We can do a much better job of dealing with substance abuse if we recognize it is not just a “medical problem, ” as some say. It is also a mental health problem, a spiritual problem and for some it is a moral problem, a financial problem, and a relational...
I had a sweet conversation with someone who shared that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness. She said she has begun to recognize that there is spiritual vision...
