Some days, whatever I post will have value to some people and not for others, based on what each person’s circumstance or attitude or energy level is that day. On those days when what I say doesn’t seem to hit either a target or a nerve, I give you access to much more anyway: at the bottom of each email […]
You cannot afford the cost of humility if you don’t know the fruit of the Spirit. Only His budget can support the kind of expenditures required by humble responses to accusations and suspicions and insults and theft.
Philip, having been filled with the Spirit through the act of the apostles laying hands on him, as Luke recorded in Acts 6, was thrust out of Jerusalem by the persecution following the death of his friend Stephen in Acts 8. Clearly, his gift was evangelism, because he led an entire city to Jesus and baptized them. Peter and John […]
For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep. If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged, but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with […]
Please think back to the first few months after you became a believer. How many things did the Lord do to confirm to you His presence, His love, and your transformation? How much of that has been replaced on your side of the relationship with coolness, or how much is taken for granted now, that inspired awe in those first […]
Why is it that most days we are more likely to argue with the Spirit of God than we are to argue with devils? Submitting ourselves to God, we can resist the devil. It should then be easier to tell which direction Life is coming from.
Christ is a title. It means “one anointed.” In Hebrew, christ was messiah. The term was used to refer to Cyrus, king of Persia (Isaiah 45:1), David (2 Samuel 23:1), Saul (1 Samuel 24:10), others, oil, and Jesus. Jesus is a name. It means “Salvation of Yah.” Jesus is a Greek transliteration of Yeshua, His real name, which is a […]
In a sense, we are not required to give anything to Jesus in this life. We are called to give everything, but not required to give anything. Pretending to give all when we are not is dangerous, though. Give all, give none, do something half-way; whatever you do, though, be honest: with yourself, your neighbor, and with Jesus. This includes […]
One day, every veil currently covering Truth will be removed. Every word from Jesus will be so empowered by His Holy Spirit and so unrestricted by rebellious and sinful flesh, which won’t be present, that each word will have absolute power over every heart and every mind. It is not true that there will be no weeping in Heaven after […]
The third page of my website offers access to several articles I have written. If you have read Being Baptized, which is posted on that third page, you will quickly see why I call Peter’s cash problem in Acts 3 a baptism. Peter and John encountered a man at the gate called Beautiful as they went to the temple at […]