Some believers, probably with the gift of evangelism, are very upset over something they call the “Social Gospel.” It upsets them because it is not focused on evangelism. Of course… Some believers, probably with gifts of teacher or pastor, are upset that the church is seeming to be irrelevant to the culture it encounters in our towns and cities and schools and states and nations and businesses. Even in situations […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Too Tense
Have you ever suffered the effects of what people call a “tension headache”? How often does it come from the tension between what God has said to us He desires to see happening in the earth, and the contrast of what we actually see happening in the earth?
My Sin Against You
When Jesus was being tortured to death by soldiers employed by Rome, something else was happening in another dimension. Jesus had ordained a few acolytes to help Him offer a Sacrifice. The soldiers became the acolytes. They became part of the process of offering an Eternal Sacrifice. The Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world entered that event into the flow of seconds and minutes and hours […]
Think Like Yahweh
C. Peter Wagner, in his book This Changes Everything – How God Can Transform your Mind and Change Your Life (Regal Books, ©2013 Peter Wagner), offered this list of American Jewish people’s leadership accomplishments: Jews make up only 2% of the American population, yet 45% of the top 40 Forbes richest Americans are Jewish 33% of American multimillionaires are tallied as Jewish 20% of professors at leading universities are Jewish […]
Recognizing True Value
I am convinced that one reason why Yahweh never seems to be upset by the fact that Jacob stole his elder brother’s inheritance is because Esau insulted Yahweh by not valuing it. The heritage that we have received from believing parents or grandparents is part of our spiritual inheritance. The character and mindset that our mentors had as they influenced us to maturity is part of our spiritual inheritance. The […]
Running Out of Time
If we knew we only had one day to live, that knowledge would likely affect the choices we made about how to spend that most valuable day. Wisdom would demand that we seek the Spirit of the Lord for advice about how to spend that day, and we would count it off in hours first, but soon in minutes. Any day could actually be our last, though! If we knew that […]
There is a Prophet
Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a brave warrior, but he had a skin disease. Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only […]
Waiting to Understand
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation; because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church; He […]
A Proverb a Day
Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding; for her profit exceeds that of silver, gaining her is better than gold, she is more precious than pearls — nothing you want can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those […]
Satan and the Pit
Many of my charismatic and pentecostal friends have a habit of commanding satan to “go back to the pit” where he came from. This prompts me to enjoy on days when I see someone about to eat a peach or cherry or apricot to warn them to be very careful with the pit, looking very serious. When they ask why, I respond that you can never tell which pit a […]