To start out I would like to reflect on a vision my wife had of Jesus and the church back in 2004, it is eye opening. “I saw a vision of Jesus, he was as big as a house. He was knocking on the door of a church building. He turned and looked at me…
My motivation is to pursuit balance without deviation from the plumb-line of Christ with this subject matter. I’m one of those “purists” who did deep dives into the origins of holidays when I was younger, which I think it is important to be accurately informed. I was inspired, not by legalism, but a burning desire…
Have you noticed we are dealing with a lot of issues in an increasingly apostate religious system? Are we in a Laodicean age? Meditate on Rev. 3:14-22. Nonetheless, there are human beings, created in the image of God, stuck in those systems that Father loves and is trying to reach. How? Be gracious. Be humble.…
I would like to continue in relation to a previous article on authority, The Authority of Christ Vs the Authority of the World. Now I want to tackle the question, does God use or ordain ungodly “powers?” For example, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened (Ex. 7) that God could show forth His delivering power. God has…
What is the Origin of Authority and to what Kingdom are We Influenced by? There are ultimately two different kingdoms influencing us throughout history: that of the kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. Scripture reveals the dark sways of the world systems so we can discern, thus avoiding the snares of mixture and…
“All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” (Edmond Burke) “The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” (Albert Einstein) Ezekiel prophesied about the ones marked by God would “sigh and cry…
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”(Jim Elliot) Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20) All around the world God is raising up ambassadors…
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”(George Orwell) Principle ethics: standards/ethics (knowing right and wrong) grounded in scriptural truth that motivate and govern decisions and actions. Situational ethics: standards/ethics that are sculpted or manipulated to fit the situation by which decisions and actions are made accordingly. The difference between thermometers…
“During the first few centuries after Jesus Christ, a great conflict arose between Rome and Christ’s followers. By Roman theory, the state was the one society that must engross (take up, control) every interest of its residents: religion, social, political and humanitarian… The state was all in all… Such a theory the Church, as the living kingdom…
Jesus the Christ prayed to the Heavenly Father: …I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil…