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Mar 3, 20222 min read
The Purpose of Prophecy
The currents and eddies of prophecy rush past us and around us like a swift moving river every day. Those of us who are “in the know”...
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Feb 24, 20222 min read
To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine
You are far more likely to be hurt by someone you love than by someone you consider your enemy. Some reasons for this are obvious. Your...
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Feb 17, 20222 min read
Spiritual Truths in the Physical Intimacy of Marriage
The intimacy of marriage is the pinnacle experience of human-to-human relationships. Because humanity does not continue without that...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read
High Wisdom for Early Relationships
In his teaching on the demands of discipleship, Jesus compares them to the obligations of builders and warrior kings. He says that a...
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Feb 3, 20222 min read
Without the Friendship of Barnabas, No Paul
When Paul was still calling himself Saul, and before he met Jesus, he was a hater of Christians and an accomplice to murder. One of the...
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Jan 27, 20222 min read
Love is a Freaky Word
Love is a freaky word. It represents a weird quirk of human language in that it occupies the status of both noun and verb. Love is both...
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Jan 18, 20223 min read
Supernatural Enemies and Supernatural Armor
You may think that you are at war with your boss, or your sibling, or your neighbor, or even a political party. But you really aren’t....
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Jan 6, 20222 min read
A Deep and Bright Purpose of Marriage
Right after Jesus gifts us with the Beatitudes from his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-11) and shows us the many counterintuitive ways...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read
Walking With God. Walking Like God.
Paul gives us an impossible theological command in Ephesians 5. He prepares us for that command in chapter four, where he tells us to...
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Dec 16, 20212 min read
The Gifted People & Their Gifts
When we say that someone is gifted, we mean so much more than that such person has been given trivial gifts intended for frivolous...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Spiritual Maturity
You know a ripe fruit when you see it. It glows or shines with a vibrant color. It looks delicious, plump, ample, and desirable. A ripe...
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Dec 2, 20212 min read
Walking the Walk
“You’ve been in the military,” I remember the man saying to me as we briefly conversed. I had never met him prior to our convergence....
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Nov 18, 20212 min read
God’s Awesome Power
God’s awesome power overtly displays itself in his creations. The mountains, the rivers, the oceans, the heights, the depths, and all the...
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Nov 11, 20212 min read
The Walking Dead Don’t Feel Anything
A dead body doesn’t feel anything. It’s wrapped in darkness, and separated from light and life. It rots away, like a desert parched from...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Out of Many, One
E Pluribus Unum is the unofficial motto of the United States. The eagle of the Great Seal of the United States holds a banner with that...
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Oct 28, 20212 min read
Marked by the Spirit and Guaranteed for the Inheritance
The moment you believe the truth of the gospel you gain in your identity. In that instant, God identifies you as his own. Part of your...
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Oct 21, 20212 min read
Chosen to be Holy
In his letter to the church at Ephesus, Paul opened a gigantic controversial can of worms when he wrote to them declaring that before the...
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Oct 14, 20212 min read
Pausing in the Waves for Sovereignty
Image by Pexels from Pixabay In our world, a relentless onslaught of troubles and challenges slow us down, beat us up, and leave us...
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Oct 7, 20212 min read
Double Minded and Unstable
If you have ever struggled with making an important decision, then you have probably experienced what the bible refers to as...
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Sep 30, 20212 min read
The Conquering of Death
Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay There is one sense in which death is the enemy of Christians. It entered the world with...
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