The Bible is not all there is, but it is the source of all there is. Billy Graham, Oswald Chambers, and David Wilkerson are extensions of the Bible writ large. Though not exactly like Elijah, Isaiah, Paul, and John the Baptist, they are Christ-followers extraordinaire and what they say matters. In his authoritative commentary of […]
The term born-again gets bad press in some circles of Christendom, probably because folks don’t understand what the basic definition is. We all are born into the family of Adam and Eve and become citizens of this natural world, separated from God as were Adam and Eve. When anyone chooses to receive Jesus Christ as […]
“Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the Lord, “to those who carry out plans that are not mine.” Whose plans are you carrying out today?1. My own plans.2. The plans of my political party.3. My keep-up-with-the-Joneses plan.4. The plans that the people I admire tell me to carry out.5. God’s plans. The questions to ask […]
The question is not what you believe about Jesus Christ – His virgin birth, His miracles, His death on the cross and resurrection, His ascension into heaven – but what you do with that belief. That is, how do you live out your life accepting what you accept and knowing what you know? How do […]
The Apostle John, the mystic of old, was above all the rest, the one whom Jesus loved. Why do you think that was? I believe John was more surrendered to Jesus than any of the other apostles, the one who was closer to him than all the rest, the one who leaned back into Jesus’ […]
“Do you like mysteries?” the young man asked the old man the next morning. “I am confounded by mysteries,” he said, “especially concerning the cross. I understand that redemption took place on the cross, but why a cross?” The young man looked straight into his eyes as if He could see right through him, which […]
BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT Blessed are the poor in spirit, Jesus preached on the mountainside. “Blessed are those who don’t try to usurp Me … and those who put themselves in the background … who don’t try to draw attention to themselves by being clever or smarter than the rest … who don’t […]
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Spirit means breath in Greek (pneuma), Hebrew (ruah), and Latin (spiritus). In Genesis 2:7, God breathed into Adam and gave him life, so spirit means life. Now the verse makes sense. Blessed are those who are poor in their own lives and […]
Do You Love Jesus? If you really love Him, you won’t ask Him to follow you around like a little puppy dog. You won’t treat Him like a vending machine to supply everything you want. Do not ask Jesus to follow you. You follow Him. It’s not, “Where I am Jesus is,” but rather, “Where […]
“You need the Holy Spirit’s witness every day – on your job, at home, out and about, in recreation and social events, at rest. This is what Jesus was trying to tell us about the foolish virgins who ran out of oil in their lamps (Matthew 25). They had a supply of the Holy Spirit […]