THE DANGER OF OUR OBSESSIONS

Many Christians obsess over the quality of other believers’ faith. This obsession is the root cause of many of our divisions. If all participants can establish that Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life, all these divisions will work themselves out if we...

SABOTEURS OF OUR FAITH

Those who want to change God’s word to accommodate their sins are being influenced by a spirit. That spirit has been called “the spirit of the age.” It wants to rewrite God’s word to comply with a degrading social norm. Sadly, for some in the Church, it has become...

INTERRUPTING A DOWNWARD SLIDE

In the Spirit, I saw a long sheet of plastic that had been placed on a grassy slope to reduce friction and increase the speed of those descending the slope. The slide had become a form of recreation. I saw someone line up to take their turn sliding down the slippery...

THE NUMBERS DON’T MATCH

This week, 12 million people were found to still be on the Social Security roles and drawing benefits. Only a very small number of people, only in the hundreds, are over 120 and still alive. There is a parallel to our theology and what we have been led to believe is...

SIMPLE WORDS – PROFOUND TRUTH

When we think of a prophet in the Old Testament, we have various understandings about who they were. Some of God’s prophets were simple people whom the Lord used to reveal profound truths.  Amos was a shepherd and a sycamore fig farmer. He was a matter-of-fact kind of...