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The Lord is in the process of stripping away the blinding scales from the eyes of His Church. These scales have prevented us from seeing what God sees. One of the most dramatic salvations occurred with Paul, who was known at the time as Saul. “Saul was...
The more advanced our thinking about theology becomes, the simpler our assumptions must become to understand God’s heart. A complicated faith does not work. Over the years, I have reduced my theology to two simple truths – Jesus is the only way to God, and those...
It’s important to think supernaturally. That kind of thinking prepares us to do what God asks of us now and in the future. It also defeats feelings of despair when life is moving and changing so fast that we want to give up in the face of an unimagined acceleration....
Until we realize the completeness of Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins and what living in the New Covenant means, we will be motivated by a troubled conscience. That troubled conscience will cause us to think that making a personal sacrifice or offering another resolution...
Some efforts that began with good intentions have become infested by the termites of greed and corruption. Over time, the consuming power of greed and corruption so compromises the structure that it must be demolished to start over again and rebuild its purpose. We...
Each of us has been given the ability by the Lord to become a blessing to others. A bestowed blessing may be completely opposite of what a person is feeling or experiencing. The words of a blessing invade and, at times, contradict their assumptions. “The person who...
When the writer of Hebrews was writing what would become a book placed in the New Testament canon, he wrote, “For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It...
Critics have a shared magnetism. They are drawn together by their mutual disagreement with those who have opposing opinions. Undisciplined critics have an anger problem that dictates how they respond. It is too easy to want to delete their angry and challenging...
A faith in God that is beginning to fade away is a dangerous situation. There is more at stake than just a cooling of our faith. It will eventually lead to a hardened heart where the truth of God and His word is lessened and replaced by the shallowness of human...
When we walk along a path of deception, believing what we were told was the undeniable truth, a moment of clarification will come. In that moment, when the evidence of our deception is made clear, we will have a decision to make. Will we continue to believe and...
When we are young, we don’t consider our death. As we grow older and our years on Earth increase, the inevitability of our death will make itself known. We realize our death is coming and there is nothing we can do about the timing of its arrival. At some point, we...
Enduring through the struggles of life can reduce our list of true friends. Those true friends are people who remained faithful to us when others ran away when times got tough, even dangerous. In those conflicts, we will discover who it was that had our back and...
One reason some churches become weak is their unchallenged tolerance of people who create division among their members. This division is not about sharing differing opinions about life, politics, or personal preferences. It's a division that creates doubt in a...
Many people seek out teachers who will say what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. The desire to be liked and accepted has caused some teachers to create watered-down representations of God’s truth. It's a popular way of leading because it can draw a crowd...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are being replaced by the common sense of Competence, Skill, and Merit. The latter is what keeps us safe. The former puts us in a place of jeopardy. This is true not only for the culture and its institutions, but it’s also true for...