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 […]
I am always impressed by evil masterminds who want to take over the world in books and movies when they plot and plant and wait and develop and in 40 years have created the machine and evil manpower to (they hope) make their plan work. The patience, the foresight, the design, the recruitment, all of it seems to be impossibly […]
Unity is raw power. It doesn’t resist being used for good or for evil. Electricity isn’t particular about how you use it either. Unity empowers people who are like each other with greater strength than they have individually. Unity that includes agreement with an unclean spirit gives that spirit power. Then, the spirit can draw more people into the agreement, […]
Yin and Yang are structures ancient Chinese philosophy offered to explain or identify balance. Yin is dark and passive. Yang is bright and aggressive. Yin is female, Yang is male. Generally, they are presented as balancing or completing each other, not competing. Represented as a circle with a white drop opposing a black drop, there is a black dot in […]
In chapter 6 of his letter to the believers in Ephesus, Paul commended them to make war properly with their enemies, by first knowing who the enemies were, and then knowing how to arm themselves with the mighty power of God Himself. You know the armor parts – helmet, shield, breastplate & the rest. Verse 18, however, is also part […]
Wherever you are having the most trouble in your life – the most discouragement, the greatest fear or worst disappointment, Yahweh is at work. There, He wants to heal you or free you or change you or empower you. You have to be born again to see the Kingdom. Then you have to look. He loves it when you ask […]