As you grow in your conformity to the law of God, you grow in Christlikeness.  As you grow in your manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit, you demonstrate God’s transforming power and the very nature of God.  As you are changed from “one degree of glory to the next” you are “glorifying” God!  ... Continue Reading

Entering someone’s grief doesn’t mean we have nothing to offer. We have God’s promises, the hope of the resurrection, and the good news of Jesus Christ. But there is an order to how we offer care. What do we offer first? We show up.   Billy Crystal recently said he has stopped talking to God.... Continue Reading

As we seek to be led by the Spirit, carefully following his guidance, we’re not just discerning our outward actions but also our inward motivations. In this task we need God’s Word to guide us and to instruct us on the right path.   Read: Galatians 5:16-25 I am not a Christian perfectionist because the... Continue Reading

We need to grasp that key foundation to the work of the Spirit. We still confuse power, charisma, the big and spectacular, gifting, with true spirituality.  Instead we need to see the Holy Spirit at work always leads us to hear and see that Jesus is Lord.   We all know it. And yet again... Continue Reading

The world as originally made was very good, but sin has radically corrupted it. Nevertheless, though sin pervades everything so that nothing is left untouched or remains completely pure, things may be distorted, but they are not as bad as they might ever be.   As we read the first three chapters of Genesis, several... Continue Reading

Whatever else may be true about you today, if you belong to Him, you are loved, redeemed, adopted, held, and destined for a world in which the things that have wounded you will no longer have the power to wound anyone again.   There are seasons when sickness feels less like something happening to me... Continue Reading

Paul says that when believers live without grumbling and disputing, they stand out “as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life” (Philippians 2:15–16). What if that described us?   It’s noticeable. In almost every conversation I find myself in, the conversation eventually moves toward complaint. If you don’t believe me, listen... Continue Reading

The total state has always sought God-like powers. Indeed, its aim is not to rival God but replace Him altogether. And they know that the best way to do this is declare war on religion and on family.   I just saw an advert for a new film being promoted by the Daily Wire. The... Continue Reading

Halloween can teach us to trivialize the spiritual realm, and make light of what is serious. In far more troubling cases, it can begin to blur the line of good and evil, and muddy our hearts perception of that which is worthy of our affections, and that which should be rejected.   Our family does... Continue Reading