Election Day Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Joshua […]
Two Worlds There is the natural world, which we have inherited from Adam, and there is the Spiritual world, which we have received from God. The natural world consists of our self-centered and sinful selves, the ways of the world, and the influence of Satan. The Spiritual world is the Spirit of God and His […]
BY WHAT AUTHORITY, John 2: 18 & 19 “Then the Jews demanded of him (Jesus), ‘What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this.’ “Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.’” In other words, why should we believe Jesus? He gives […]
A Most Important Question Years back, when I was visiting my mother in a nursing home in Hankinson, North Dakota, I asked her a question to make sure she would be safely tucked away in heaven when she died. “Mother, if you died tomorrow and were standing outside the gates of heaven, and St. Peter […]
GOD IN THE ABSTRACT For many “Christians,” God is in the abstract – words, thoughts, knowledge, beliefs. All dry. All unsustainable. They do not experience Jesus Christ as real much of the time, as alive within them, as working through them. That is their problem in becoming “real believers.” They are not in touch with […]
GOD’S WORLD Whose world do I live in – my world or God’s world? In my world, I pray from my perspective. “Help restore this broken relationship? Let (fill in the blank) win the upcoming election. Help my friend get the job he has applied for. Heal the cancer of this godly woman.” In God’s […]
1 Corinthians 3:16 “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who lives in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. You were bought at […]
MY FLEETING LIFE My days fly by in fleeting fashion. My whole life is but a blink in the panorama of history. Meaningless, meaningless shout the sages of the world order. It is all hopeless says the prince of darkness. “Not so,” says Jesus, the lover of my soul. “You are precious in My sight. […]
The Trinity The Father is supreme in the Trinity; the Son carries out the Father’s will; the Spirit is sent by the Father and the Son to point us to Jesus, communicate God’s truth, apply His salvation to people, and remind us of God’s love for us and His holy Word. The Father is the […]
There is at any point in time … My mind in the flesh or my mind in the Spirit. My will in the flesh or my will in the Spirit. My emotions in the flesh or my emotions in the Spirit. My body in the flesh or my body in the Spirit. My heart in […]