We were created whole – a seamless piece of love. Faith is the most commonly used perception of every human being – yet saving-faith is rare. The weeping willow hangs like a widow’s veil, the wind sighing through the spruce trees could be hopeless passion, or misfortune. Who could foretell this frenzied flowing song? Then came the whistling singer. From…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… When there is no concept of personal responsibility, there is no reason to seek the Lord, no reason for transformation. As a nation, our blindness to the truth will cause our destruction. We must understand that our human nature is the problem. We all must contend. We must receive Christ to redeem ourselves and our nature…
Our citizenship in God’s glorious kingdom is not determined by external acts of dos and don’ts; it is not what we eat or drink. We are a spiritual kingdom of believer-priests living in satan’s kingdom. Our righteousness is an ever-present possession because Christ indwells us. It is His righteousness imputed to us because of the cross where the Father was…
Peace In Your Soul, or The Sanctuary of Trinity The Sanctuary of Trinity is in our soul, and it is there full-time for retreat, peace, rest, and refreshing, so we can drink from God’s fountain and then rise from our knees and return to the conflict – the angelic conflict – the daily and minute-by-minute battle between good and evil,…
Childlike closeness is central to the believer’s sonship with Father God. This is the heart of the Gospel. By faith in the cross-work of Christ, we are adopted by God as His children. At salvation, God restores the believer and we are called “privileged to God,” our “Abba” (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6). Christ had the unique position and power to…
In the quest for economic security, things seem to be more valuable than family. A nicer car or a larger home seem more important than parental support of children The Hebrew word for ‘family’ is mishpahah, which implies a family consisting of father, mother, children, community/neighbors, and God, plus the extended family of relatives. Family solidarity is the hallmark of…
In the search for The Ultimate, religion exalts self to God, exalts finite values over infinite revelations. The religious self exalts itself over God. Idolatry has many faces, all designed to validate self and the ideals of self. Existentialism makes man his own creator. Existentialism actually praises the human nature by denying God. Man says, “I am.” In this statement,…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Christ became our nature (human), that we might partake of His divine nature. Christ was and is full of grace and truth – the two great things that fallen man stands in need of. He was full of grace, and therefore qualified to intercede for us; and full of truth, therefore fit to teach us. Christ…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… The simple words of John’s Gospel excel in the depths of expressing God’s wisdom and God’s mysteries. John uses simple words to define the depths of deeper meanings. We can know the most profound wisdom of God in simple terms, simple vocabulary. This is how we know that God’s Word is truly inspired. The light that…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Am I building God up… or myself? The storytellers of Scripture are more than storytellers, they are messengers of God. The classroom is in the stillness of the soul as the Holy Spirit speaks, teaches, convicts, and assures the believer of eternal things. Truth is not a function of one’s opinion or perspective, it is not…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… As believers in the Church Age, we have the responsibility to carry on the Christian legacy – Christ’s legacy. Even though sin has a hold on us, Christ, by the indwelling Holy Spirit, has a stronger hold. Praise be to the Lord for that. We do not inherit our soul. God breathes soul-life into us when…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Material success is not the measure by which we gauge spiritual maturity. Affluence does not equal godliness. It is not the exterior but the interior of a person’s soul that must be covered with Christ – bathed daily in His righteousness, His Word. “He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of (His) righteousness for…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Consciousness is eternal. Negative volition and ego are the only hindrances to spiritual maturity. There can be no such utopia of man, such as “the brotherhood of man,” or “the dignity of man,” or “the equality of man.” There is only “the depravity of man.” Most Christians are self-serving rather than in service to our Lord….
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… God offers liberty to the captive, freedom to the prisoner, calm for the troubled soul, comfort to those who mourn, peace where there is only despair. We as believers are made righteous trees, ones planted by God. Our purpose is to glorify God in ambassadorship (Isaiah 61:3c). The Spirit of the Lord is upon us and…
Through the lens of Christ my Savior, I can see (and live) closer to the reality of eternity because the view is more clearly defined. The errors of worldly thinking are many. Ravi Zacharias once explained that: “For the hindu, ‘karma,’ the moral law of cause and effect, is a life-defining concept. Life carries a moral debt (or even debts)…
God is sovereign over the universe and human affairs. Divine sovereignty and human freedom co-exist. I really like the statement in Daniel 4:35: “All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does what He wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can hold back His hand…
Humanity is created in the image of God, and lives in a reality (or world) created by God, therefore humanity is not excused, rather condemned for denying the existence of God (as evidenced through the existence of earth, stars, sun, moon, heavens, intelligent design, the complexity of every biological life-form, etc.), therefore, man is without excuse. The evidence for God…
Law 1: Identity law Law 2: Non-contradiction Law 3: Excluded middle Identity – 1Truth is 2absolute – untruth is absolute. 3Neither can be the other. Therefore, non-contradiction is “neither can be the other.” So, all three are absolutes. Human Logic is based on reality – patterned after reality. “God, our Creator, gave us truth. We added untruth.” The principles of…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Life is fleeting, like the wind and evaporation – short-lived and quickly passing. We search for truth and knowledge, but are never filled – that is what eternity is all about. Time is lived for filling, eternity for fullness. Life should be a humbling experience as we discover and learn truth. Reference Proverbs 30:14. Self-gratification never…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… All the things we cherish cannot be provided by any government, but by the individual citizen, each doing their part by being responsible and productive citizens. Disintegration of American jurisprudence; our liberties are being eroded in increments. Compromise is a sell-out. Philosophical differences can become clarifying – a clarification of principle and truth when truth is…