Ministries that run like families are much more productive and do a much better job of both making mistakes and manifesting the Kingdom of Heaven than ministries that run like ant farms. When your relationship with the body of Jesus is made up of your relationships with people, you gain and give more life in the process than when it is just made up of your name being on the […]
Category Archives: Church
Bible Knowledge Test
To whom was Jesus talking when He said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.”? (Luke 17) (Some translations render the statement, “among you.”) Clearly, then, the Kingdom and the Church are not the same thing.
Good Religion
Wikipedia, the modern displacer of almost all encyclopedias, includes this statement in its definition of “religion:” “…there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.” No wonder I have felt so much like it was not a problem to have a different definition for the word “religion” from almost everyone. It is as vague and multi-identitied as “world view” or “thought process” or “mindset.” My definition is, “the […]
Women in Ministry
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”“I am He,” Jesus told her, “the One speaking to you.” (John 4:25-26 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Jesus announced to a woman from a Samaritan town that He is Messiah. She was expecting Messiah to appear and to set things right regarding the arguments between Samaritans […]
Happy Birthday
Probably I am late, but whatever day it was, celebrate for a few minutes the day you were born of Yahweh. It was quite an event. Worthy of much consideration and giving of thanks. Spirits in Heaven are still impressed over it! Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through […]
How Long, O Lord?
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slaughtered because of God’s word and the testimony they had. They cried out with a loud voice: “O Lord, holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?” (Revelation 6:9-11 from Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, […]
God Will Keep You Sound & Blameless
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, we must be sober and put the armor of faith […]
Jesus, Remember Me
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 preached were His Kingdom and a relationship with His Father. […]
The Kingdom and the Name
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 to those questions. If it doesn’t raise questions, is it […]
The Ekklesia of Christ is Like…
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 leadership’s spiritual gifts, their process of preparation, the level of […]