How You Hear
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and . . .
Kingdom Whys and Wherefores
Sickness and disease are the result of sin. Man forfeited his union with God and his dominion in the earth through disobedience. Satan usurped legal authority to rule in the earth. With a broken mind and body, man was irrevocably chained to the law of sin and death.
God sent Jesus to destroy the works of the devil, to create a new . . .
The Food Tastes Better Than the Menu
There’s something about the power and promises of God that demand to be seen, felt, and known (experienced) in our here and now. It deplores admiration of a mere concept apart from its substance.
God calls a liar the man who claims to love Him, but hates his brother. Why? Because, God explains, how can you say you love God whom you . . .
The Wish Aladdin's Genie Couldn't Grant
The Fourth Wish
God is not our Aladdin’s Lamp.
He is everything Aladdin's Genie dreamed of . . . the fourth wish.
Boundless Life in the lavish God is the wish Aladdin's genie could not grant.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he . . .
God - Pro Choice?
When a man insists on his own way, he decides that God is understanding and loving. ‘He wants me to be happy, doesn’t He?’
When a man gets his own way, he decides that God is cruel and unjust. ‘He could have saved me if He cared, couldn’t He?’
How one chooses to think about God, doesn’t actually change Him. God is . . .
Caught Off Guard?
Why did any of this catch us off guard? A nation that in the purity of its inception declares itself under God and swears to its citizens guardianship of the rights granted by God alone, makes a fearsome oath. Our founders entreated and expected God’s blessing and protection. God heard them. And His favor graced the people who humbly honored . . .