The Gospel Model
In The Spirit of the Gospel, Watchman Nee penned, “There are two different approaches in the preaching of the gospel” (and what I call either the factual or practical model): • “Tell the sinners how the work of...
Why Doctrine Should Be Embraced, Not Avoided
“They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (Acts 2:42 NASB, emphasis mine) Basically, the word ‘doctrine’ means teaching and usually emphasizes the content of...
Obeying God: A Love Thing
The past couple of blogs have focused on God’s love with the themes of: 1) His great love with which He loves us, for it is truly amazing; 2) knowing with unwavering certainty His love for us. ...
Reaping and Sowing: A Principle of Life
“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. This God—his way is perfect; the word...
Discernment in Spiritual Maturity
In my post last Saturday, I stated the following. “Not all discernment is as overtly supernatural like was seen in Peter and Paul, but all spiritual discernment must take root in the Holy Spirit.” And while...
Discernment: Having Eyes to See
Since Christ has defeated the principalities and powers we battle and they are truly disarmed, they work their skirmishes many times in subtle ways through lies and shams. Paul said that he was not ignorant of Satan’s...