Are you most comfortable when you know ALL of the rules and feel like you are complying with them and are, therefore, blameless? Even the rules that Yahweh gave to Israel in order to make them His nation can’t make you able to walk in righteousness. Only discerning the voice of the Ruler will make you have true comfort, and […]
The Finish Line on your most important project is out of your reach and out of your control. As you approach it, it could change distance and direction. The adventures between where you are and where it is are yet to be surprising. Or astonishing, or disappointing… The Start Line, however, is right in front of your toe. Any changes […]
A man had two sons. One was anxious to receive his inheritance, so he asked for it. The man gave each son his half of the estate in response. The son who was anxious went out and wasted his inheritance. The other son stayed home and ran the farm. One day, the anxious son realized that his father had not […]
Keith Greene was a musician, worshiper, and world class evangelist who met Jesus during the Jesus Movement of the 60’s & 70’s. He died in a plane crash while evangelizing in South America. During his concerts, he would inspire evangelists in the crowd to charge the gates of hell to bring back unbelievers from damnation. He would convince everyone in […]
There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without significance. Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, […]
In “Knowing Religion,” I said that religion is a product of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In 2 Corinthians 4:6, Paul said that God knows how to talk to light. He told it to shine, and it did! God, Who knows more than that about light, is shining light in our hearts so […]
All of my life as a believer, I have heard things that sound like, “Well, all the signs have been fulfilled – Jesus could come back today!” I am not answering with scoffing that Peter warned about in chapter 3 of his second letter in the Book – but I am not expecting tomorrow to be interrupted by Jesus parting […]
In Acts 9, the Spirit of God told Saul to expect a man named Ananias to come to him and restore his sight after he was blinded on his way to Damascus to harm believers. The Spirit also told Ananias that Saul was expecting him, and that his sight would be restored when Ananias prayed for him. Being led by […]
Paul, letter to believers in Rome: “…to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (8:6) Carnal (flesh-related) mindedness IS death. Instant impact. No waiting. Great for the impatient. Spiritual mindedness IS life and peace. Just as fast, by faith. When someone mentions the name of someone who annoys you, do you miss hearing […]