Category: Theology

"When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand.  Joshua approached Him and asked, 'Are You for us or for our enemies?'  'Neither,' He relied.  'I have now come as commander of the Lord's army.'  Then Joshua bowed with his… Continue reading The Commander of the Lord’s Army →

I was finishing a letter to a believer in difficult circumstances, and I began to get a glimpse of God's perspective of her.  She is ordinary like most of us, filled with uncertainty and weak in terms of ability to achieve any significance in society.  In fact, society considers her a nobody.  However, she was… Continue reading Your Life →

Why do people find Yeshua's words and speech difficult to understand? For us two thousand years later, one could say it is because of differences in time, language, and custom, but that doesn't explain it.  The events, stories, and dialog within the narrative is understandable in its context. No, what tends to puzzle those who… Continue reading Yeshua’s Speech →

We are all alike, there is no man who has been any better than another; all our distinctions are meaningless attempts to establish a figment of independence.  All religions were created by men trying to be accepted by God, but these are futile.  Even God's own law given to Moses was insufficient because men are… Continue reading Doomed to Repetition →

"As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.  No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you.… Continue reading Mercy and Forgiveness →

Matthew 21:22 reminds us that if we ask believing we will receive whatever we ask.  This, of course, assumes we are asking through the leading of the Holy Spirit in accordance with God's will but God is able to answer any prayer. Further, He is sovereign over all including storms (Mark 4:39).  In thinking about… Continue reading Hurricane Prayer →

She had been sick for twelve years, but she believed that touching Yeshua's garment would bring healing.  "Jesus turned and saw her. 'Take heart, daughter,' he said, 'your faith has healed you.'  And the woman was healed at that moment." (Matt. 9: 20-22).  A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that… Continue reading Faith With Effect →

I woke up this morning like most other days thinking about things.  After a while, I set aside all thinking and chose to listen through the Spirit, rather than think.  The doorway to Spirit listening was the truth that God is in control of everything that concerns me.  Put another way, everything I was thinking… Continue reading Behind The Curtain →

My daughter's six year old, Carley, came in saying that some bug bit her on the shoulder. Her two year old sister watches everything her older sisters do.  So, when I asked  Carley to come with me to put some ointment on the bite, her sister marched right behind her. After I rubbed a little… Continue reading Ask and Receive →

We Americans are independent and big thinkers.  The concept of equality inspires the individual to believe anyone can be great.  We tell our children that they can grow up to be President.  We encourage them to think big and become all they can be.  We may admonish them to work and study hard. However, do… Continue reading Whom God Regards →

What if there were things around us that we cannot see, yet bear heavily upon our lives? What if we were not the masters of our own fate, as it so often seems?  Is there a spiritual realm that consists of more than mythology, ghost stories, and fantasy?  Are we aware of the spiritual warfare… Continue reading The Unseen World →

I listened to a famous profligate denouncing Christianity to a Believer.  His audience eagerly urged him on as he ridiculed religion, but most specifically Christianity.  His accusations were made as unquestionable fact and his condescending air portrayed a pride for reason and contempt for faith.  He stated that all evil was rooted in religion, offering… Continue reading The Miraculous Hinderance →

Many believers ask this question.  They do so because they see no benefit or reason in it. There are reasons for work and for play, for attending weddings and funerals, even for going to church on certain religious holidays, but joining a church seems to make very little sense to many in our day.  Does… Continue reading Why Join a Church →

One after another young women scream, "Oh my God," when they see their redesigned house on the various house "fixer up" TV shows.  It's likely just an expression without any real meaning, but it points to a portrayal of God that is becoming more common place on TV, an Idol god.  Pagans in Bible times… Continue reading Your God →

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I leave you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."  John 14:27.  This passage was Jesus comforting His disciples right before he was to be crucified and leave them.  Not only was he… Continue reading The Peace of God →

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord does not look at the things we do.  People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16: 7).  People consider what they can see on the outside,… Continue reading A View of the Heart →

They were leaders in the church and community, from respected families, married to prominent people, doctors and leaders themselves in the church, but they were committed to fraud.  They found a place secluded, hidden and were having adulterous homosexual sex.  Months later after everything had been settled, resignations accepted, families wrecked in divorce, reputations ruined,… Continue reading Awe and Fear →

"Abide in me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without… Continue reading Abide in Christ →

I was waiting on the waffle iron to get hot, as I was waiting on my wife to get up, while waiting one hour before eating, after taking my medication.  It was a perfect time to meditate on the Lord, so I began with His attributes: love, abundance, faithfulness, mercy, justice, wisdom and knowledge.  My… Continue reading Spiritual Exercise →

Someone in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." Yeshua replied, 'Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.' "    (Luke 11: 27-28). The Angel told Mary, Yeshua's mother, she was blessed, but hearing and obeying the word of God is… Continue reading The Value of Instruction →

I woke up exhausted this morning, not because I didn't get enough sleep or was awakened during the night, but by the dream I had.  It was a very detailed story of business and investment in a flower growing venture.  Everyone I knew was in this business and had gathered considerable wealth as a consequence.… Continue reading Not So Sweet Dreams →

"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." Hebrews 6:12. There are many promises given to Believers in the Word of God.  Not the least of which is that, in the end, good will overcome evil and the wicked will be judged and punished.  "Do not… Continue reading Faith and Patience →

God was complete and in union with His one and only Son before creation.  The Holy Spirit as well, Genesis records "The Spirit moved over the waters".  But let's consider the Messiah now, particularly given the incarnation, meaning God becoming man in the flesh.  This inquiry started as I read, "in the hope of eternal… Continue reading Yeshua Before Creation →

There in the dark, late at night, it was  midsummer and I was running for exercise, but really for much more.  I was lonely in this small town in the middle of no where.  I reached a small sign marking the city limits, exhausted, I paused and walked in a circle before returning.  There I… Continue reading Searching For Love →