Jeff Christopherson, in his book, “The Kingdom Matrix” lists these four marks of a Kingdomcentric congregation: New Believers New Disciplemakers New Communities of Faith Transforming Communities Knowing both the differences between and the relationship between the church and the Kingdom changes the way we think and do and interact and can give us greater understanding of our identities and our […]
Moses went up the mountain to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain: “This is what you must say to the house of Jacob, and explain to the Israelites: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me. Now if you will listen to […]
Athletes train for success. “For although I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, in order to win more people. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law—to win those under the law. To […]
Jesus told a parable (Mark 12:1-12) about a landowner and a vineyard that he leased to some vinedressers. These tenant farmers tried to take the farm for themselves, but Jesus said that it was going to be taken from them and given to other vineyard keepers. The chief priests, the scribes, and the elders knew that He was telling the […]
Our work in the earth regarding others’ lives is not to make better behaved people of them. People need to know the difference between right and wrong. More important, though, is to know the difference between Life and death. Leading them to abundant life by introducing them to Life Himself will improve their behavior. Pointing out their mistakes and failures […]
The human governments and cultures of nations aren’t sources of darkness and abuse simply because evil people are ruling in them and influencing them. Darkness overtakes cultures and governments because sons and daughters of Yahweh are not rising up to bring influence to them from their relationships with the King of Righteousness. You may feel as unempowered or unimpressive as […]
Are you stuck in a place where all you expect to do, where all you expect Yahweh to do, is what can be easily explained? Where what is expected is what seems possible under normal circumstances? Sometimes that is exactly what we should be expecting. Much of the time, though, I think that we should be expecting the impossible. We […]
Nothing can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:-39). Many things can, however, separate us from His provision or guidance, including timing. If we are instructed to be in one place doing certain work, and are actually in another place or busy at other work, we have separated ourselves from the resources we need to be able to […]
Preaching obedience to all of His commandments is one of His commandments. One of the most life-impacting, life-changing and life-giving concepts we are given the privilege of sharing as good news is this truth: that being where the King has instructed us to be, doing what He has instructed us to do, puts us in the place where His protection […]
When Jim Bakker was imprisoned for participating in the abuse of funds that were received for the PTL ministry, he had been preaching what is called a “prosperity gospel” for many years. He had promised riches to people who invested heavily in ministries that preached the proper message. While he was in jail, he says that he was led to […]