John the Baptist, I am not. Not even close. Yet, from time to time, I feel like “the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye…” When I think, reflect, and pray, I sense an upcoming season of significant disruption and the need to be prepared. If it turns out that I am 110% …
Increasingly, I am concerned for my generation, RIGHT NOW, being unaware. Unaware biblically. Unaware theologically. Unaware prophetically. It feels as if none of us ever rang the melodious tune, “Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning.” Masses of church goers, in my view, are living as if no biblical warnings or guidance exists …
The Coddling of the American Christian, part 3 God’s love in removing our shame and guilt was the subject of our previous conversation. This lesson investigates the “residence” of shame and guilt: the conscience. The conscience, in the Bible, is shown to be (https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/conscience/): A God-given capacity for human beings to exercise self-critique. 1 Corinthians …
The Coddling of the American Christian (Part 2) A coddled person is an over-indulged, pampered being. I may be a coddled Christian when I am not called to responsibility for my part in failing to align with the righteousness and glory of God. Romans 3:23 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of …
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 During Advent we meditate upon God’s promise of sending His Son, Immanuel (God with us). Psalm 125 often serves as an appropriate Psalm during Advent because it speaks of God …
There are several similarities between the triggered culture at the time of Jesus’ birth and the United States today. A ruler appointed by a hostile country, Rome, gave himself the title, Herod, King of the Jews. However, King Jesus had just been born in Bethlehem, the city of King David. The first similarity between the …
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Living by Faith Divine Healing: God, In Christ, is Destroying the works of the devil Let us keep Jesus’ exceptionally clear purpose before us at all times. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15 8 The …
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The ninety-first Psalm is one of Christianity’s most beloved poems. Poetry intentionally invites us into the verbal landscape the poet is painting. “Thus, the Psalm invites readers from diverse contexts to help shape the meaning of the Psalm by contributing their own answers….” The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms, Brennan Breed, page 298 This lesson …