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The World Was Not Worthy of Them
You can’t get harvest from a place you haven’t sown seed.
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Thoughts on Reformation Day
November 1 October 31 is Reformation Day. For Pentecostals like me, that usually means nothing. However, having graduated from a Lutheran seminary, I know slightly more about this guy named Luther and am thankful for his life and example. This was his testimony facing a trial in 1521: Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by…
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What Happens When We Dwell?
Colossians 3:16,17: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. When we…
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Let the Word of Christ Dwell…
I understand this verse from Col. 3:16 means more than the Bible. I fully understand that. My question is this: When it comes to the Word of God, how do YOU “dwell?” How do you get this Word into your spirit? I’d love to hear!
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The Heavenly Experiment — Realizing Our New DNA
I can completely understand the temptation to spend the majority of our Christian lives in the epistles. They are straight to the point, we have little in the way of cultural barriers, and we can go easily to application. Since I am teaching Prison Epistles this semester, I am immersed in some the greatest doctrine of the Early Church. I…
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The heavenly experiment
Paul’s words in Colossians 3:1-4 challenge me. I would really love to hear from people on this subject. What do YOU do to fix your gaze on Christ? How does it effect your walk in this world?
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Too heavenly minded?
Can we be so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good?
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The Pope and the Anglicans
I am learning of this story and beginning to see comments on blogs. This may have been something stirring for quite some time, since the American Episcopal church allowed a practicing homosexual to become bishop, but the news on this seems to come fast. Certainly the Pope didn’t walk into this lightly. This will have far more repercussions than I…
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All You Need is Love…
Peter waits until the last characteristic to put in LOVE. He starts with faith… ends with love. Why? This kind of love is the toughest things we’ll ever have and do in our lives. Only God brings it and we can only live in this power through the Spirit of God. When we live unselfishly, working for the good of…
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Philadelphia
How about them Phillies? Sorry. This isn’t about baseball. (Though I’m dying to do that!) Philadelphia is the Greek word for brotherly love or mutual affection. It’s what we add to godliness, according to 2 Peter 1:7. Philadelphia doesn’t exactly live up to its name these days, but that’s a whole separate discussion. Mutual affection is key to the Body…
