Going Somewhere?
If you’re going to strap a jet engine to your back you’d better be pointed in the right direction.
God puts the full force of His universe creating power behind any human who will walk in His ways.
To the one who insists in running his own race on his own track, God will conspicuously withdraw His powerful presence. He . . .
Rules and Principles
Principles are general truths. They are fairly universal. They’re good guidelines for say, young parents. E.g., keep ‘em safe, keep ‘em fed, keep ‘em clean and out of the cold. Oh, and teach ‘em to be good. If you do those things, you’ll have a pretty start on the basics.
Some folks would make rules or laws about how best to do each of . . .
Strap In, Just Getting Started
Through sheer, almighty power the Creator of all things harnessed, focussed and formed His message of love which He expressed through the Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
In the spirit realm, at the mention of Jesus’ Name, the universe is struck with awe. Celestial beings, star fields and planets erupt in galactic praise and perfect worship . . .
The Heart's Keeping
Let not betrayal
Committed or absorbed . . .
Let not discouragement
Imposed or self-induced . . .
Whether pierced, or perpetrator,
Enemies lurk and listen
To seize on our exposure,
Windows left open, doors unlatched.
Protect this heart from forces set against it.
Be careful with whom you . . .
Obedience from the Heart
The Nature & Mechanics of Obedience
In all nature action precedes outcome.
Hunger makes a demand/command:
- Action: planting, harvesting, or killing, cooking
- Eating: hunger satisfied
Desire, hunger, lack, and attraction: each of these ‘drives’ makes a demand on us. The desire alone does not satisfy itself. It . . .
Higher Criticism
Man Makes a Club that Beats Him
The presupposition of higher criticism is; ‘anything that appears to break a law of nature, didn’t happen.’ So in one fell swoop, someone(s) ‘undid’ all the miracles of the Bible.
Making such a statement is only a little less stupider than believing it. I think many in the church took that hook, line and sinker because they so . . .
Saint Augustine, Still Around?
Fixing Problems We Don't Have
St. Augustine, in his early years of ministry, wrote: "These miracles are not allowed to continue into our time, lest the soul should always require things that can always be seen, and by becoming accustomed to them mankind should grow cold towards the very thing whose novelty had made men glow with fire."
Funny how some . . .
