If you have difficulty reading and understanding the Old Testament, you are not alone. Even the early church Fathers had trouble explaining the Old Testament and tended to allegorize the text. Many today do not understand how the Old Testament and New Testament are even related or relevant to one another. Some people believe the […]
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the Spirit, and rightly so. For too long the Spirit was a neglected part of our belief, something people tacked on to their creed (“. . . and I believe in the Holy Spirit”). Christians across the globe have gone back to the Bible and concluded that […]
Enlightenment Legacy vs. God’s Legacy If you go to church and pray regularly, do you ever wonder if there’s supposed to be more than you’re experiencing? What does God really intend your faith and life to be like? I’m not foolish enough to say that every day ought to be a parade of miracles. Most […]
Horses are one of the most beautiful and powerful of God’s creatures. Left to run wild, a horse is a ferocious and potentially dangerous creature. But once it is trained — and under the bit and bridle of its master — a horse can perform amazing feats of strength and skill, and is one of […]
Search for “spiritual disciplines” and you will come up with lists ranging from a few practices to giant, enormous, book-length lists. You’ll hear people talk about prayer, Bible reading, silence, fasting, solitude, fellowship, and a bunch of others. It can be kind of overwhelming, right? I’m not sure where the phrase “spiritual disciplines” originated. The […]
“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 NAS “Temptations to […]
Like others. . .you may have prayed for change. . .about birthing a new habit. . .turning lack into more than enough. . .and accomplishing your goals this year. Suddenly. . .God directed my attention to Daniel 10:12-13 where He drew a direct parallel to what happened to Daniel and what may have happened to […]
When you are living in covenant with God, you can stand on the blessings of Deuteronomy 28. One of them deals specifically with spiritual warfare: “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways” […]
The word for sin in the Greek language is “amartia” (ha-mar-tia). It means “to miss the mark.” Every time we sin we do miss the mark. God has set high standards for us all because He is just and He is deserving of our obedience. It is because we have all missed the mark that […]
To be clear, we cannot change the nature of God, because He is unchangeable. Still, God will wait on us to allow Him to work in our lives in many ways – because He respects our free will that much. Here are 5 of the ways we can limit Him coming into our lives, though […]