Making Living in the Spirit Your Modus Operandi
Ready to leave the safety of the status quo… …and make living in the Spirit a characteristic of your very being? This is an adapted excerpt from chapter 5 of my book, Jesus’ First 100 Days...
The Day the “Not” Was Tied
For millennia it had been drilled in the minds of Hebrews. It was rehearsed daily in homes, rolled up on parchment and worn on foreheads, recalled on Feast Days. It was remembered, no doubt, when there...
What’s In Your Hand? Three Characteristics of Hands Ready for His Work
The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A staff” (Exodus 4:2 NASB). In the 40 chapters of Exodus, the word hand is used 64 times. Over half (36) occur...
Love and Likeness: Understanding Why Man Was Made
Today, we look at the form for man’s making: love and likeness. In comprehending why man was made, there are two words embedded in two Scriptures that we need to understand. 1. “…for God is love” (1...
Making the Path Straight: Being a Spiritual Construction Worker
“Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight…” (Isaiah 40:3). As part of the body of Christ, we are Lord’s instruments to those in need of salvation. The Omnipotent God makes a deliberate, conscious...
The High Winds of Heresy—and How Not to Be Blown Away
Heresy, the antithesis of orthodoxy, is the embracing of self-chosen doctrines diametrically opposed to the established Christian faith. For the body of Christ it is an unavoidable evil. The Apostle Paul lists it as a work of...