For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We’re not of the night or of darkness. So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But since we are of the day, […]
Shouldn’t it seem strange to us that no one was asking Jesus when He would start His church? The magi were looking for a King Who was worthy to be worshiped. The disciples wanted to have a place of authority in His Kingdom. The thief who was crucified with Him was looking toward His Kingdom. The two things that Jesus […]
But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. (Acts 8:12-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) Philip preached the Kingdom and the Name. If that raises questions in your mind, like, “why didn’t he preach salvation?”, please search for the answers […]
No two families are exactly alike. The cultural, economic, educational and geographical influences change things drastically from one to another, and many other dynamics have positive or negative impacts. The leadership style is based on the leader’s (or leaders’) strengths and weaknesses. The tribe’s history makes its mark, too. Congregations of the ekklesia are different in the same way. The […]
2 Kings 7 tells the story of four men with leprosy helping bring to pass a prophetic word offered by Elisha. The Arameans had besieged the city of the King of Samaria. Elisha announced that the siege was about to end the next day. When the four lepers discovered the truth that evening, they “evangelized” the king’s household: they announced […]
When Jesus saw the contents of the cup of Yahweh’s wrath Wake yourself, wake yourself up!Stand up, Jerusalem,you who have drunk the cup of His fury from the hand of the Lord;you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—the cup that causes people to stagger.There is no one to guide heramong all the children she has raised;there is no […]
The ekklesia at Antioch of Syria had both prophets and teachers at work. One is more interested in interpreting the past (teacher) and the other is more interested in interpreting the present and the future (prophet). For both to be welcome as leaders, it must have been like a man who can bring out of his storehouse both old things […]
I had to laugh out loud today when I overheard someone listening to a very popular teacher on Youtube. The teacher was upset with people like Peter Wagner and Chuck Pierce and John Dawson teaching believers about what they perceive to be proper spiritual warfare over cities and nations and businesses and congregations, etc. He said that there was no […]
If you happen to love your theology more than you love Jesus or His family, it will show up in your relationships with people with whom you disagree. It won’t be pretty. Loving the Truth (and the Way, and the Life) is different from loving knowing things about Him.
Sin is inexcusable. There are always reasons, but never excuses. Especially the second time we do the same stupid thing. The Holy Spirit is always warning or pressing or instructing us with regard to how we should respond to trouble or a person or an opportunity. He is never short in supply of what the particular strength is that we […]