Until the great persecution broke out on believers as Luke described in Acts 8, apostles were the only decision makers in the ekklesia of the King. By the time the thrusting forth of everyone but the apostles from Jerusalem reached maturity, forcing all the believers to take up their ministries, there was a congregation formed in Antioch of Syria that […]
One day, Yahweh spoke to a man named Abram. Abram lived in Ur, which was the largest city in the plain of Shinar, which is the area in which Babel was built by Nimrod’s followers. Abram was a descendant of Noah’s son Shem. Abram is not mentioned as having accomplished anything great at the time Yahweh called him from Ur. […]
Mission: Protect the Nation* Generals make the decisions* The best generals are influenceable, by the Spirit of God and by informative lower officers Mission: Train Generals* Trainees make the decisions* The best trainees are influenceable, by the Spirit of God and by experienced higher officers There is a war against the Kingdom of Heaven in the earth. If we are […]
Being afraid of peer pressure can harm you two ways. One is that you are under the power of “the herd” and its grand lack of wisdom. If the herd is under the influence of a fool or a tyrant or a devil, that will become your master. The other is that you don’t have the power to influence your […]
If we are accused of evil behavior or intent, we have choices regarding our defense. We can argue our innocence, attempting to convince those who have heard or made the accusations that we are not guilty. Maybe we are guilty, and we can argue our reasons for the actions, hoping to be excused. We could take the battle onto the […]
Hiding from Jesus is always a mistake. To be protected from the Giver of Life is a terribly unsafe place. When we gather with people in hopes of spending time with Jesus and being influenced by His Spirit, the atmosphere is improved when we are all on the front row, and when we are all involved in the possibility of […]
Does any of you who has a complaint against someone dare go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels—not to […]
This is how a story should have gone: I was walking this afternoon for exercise. A vehicle approached me from behind, and a fool threw her large paper cup from a fast food restaurant that was filled with Pepsi at me and it scared me as it exploded on my left shoulder and drenched my left ear and neck and […]
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.(Matthew 16:19 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. As soon as He got […]
When Paul wrote the letter to the congregations at Corinth that we call 1 Corinthians, he was not instructing them about how to have nice marriages when he got to what we marked Chapter 13. The last phrase in Chapter 12 and the first phrase in Chapter 14 make it clear that he was instructing them regarding being, together, married […]