Guys, some people assume that if God’s forgiveness comes before repentance, everybody is saved and we have little reason to preach the gospel. I do not believe that everybody is saved. I don’t equate forgiveness with salvation. Forgiveness is what makes salvation …
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I was praying a little while ago and a picture of someone striking the ground with something flashed through my mind’s eye. It reminded me of a Bible story I hadn’t read in a while: 2 Kings 13:14-19(NRSV) Now when …
This is Part 3 of a series on fellowship with the Holy Spirit. In Part 1 we saw that God is an invisible Spirit, but his nature is revealed through people in communion with his Spirit. Part 2 demonstrated that …
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Last week we talked about the fact that God is Spirit. We must be born of the Spirit to see His kingdom. Christianity as God intends it should flow out of a spiritual connection. I ended with the phrase “The …
I’ve experienced such a wonderful awareness of God’s presence in the last few months that I have no words to describe it. I’ve often found myself weeping because I’m so aware of God’s love and I feel it like a …
Do “Needless Casualties Of War” Come From Going Outside Our Realm Of Authority? The strategic-level spiritual warfare movement grew rapidly in the 1990’s. Books by authors like C. Peter Wagner and John Dawson turned people’s attention to the spiritual forces …
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This is the third post in our series on discerning problems. Even though discernment is probably more about seeing what the Holy Spirit is doing than about sensing problems, these three posts focus on how to judge “discernment” of problems, …
Last week we talked about discerning other people’s discernment. If you have such an expectation for error in the church that you quickly latch on to slanderous reports and assume the worst of everybody, you are the one who is …
Guys, I figured I’d share some of my thoughts and experience with discernment in the next three posts. I’ve noticed two unhealthy trends related to discernment. We’ll look at them this week. Next week we’ll talk about how to discern …
Last week in Evergreen Life we saw an encouraging picture of how Christ’s life becomes increasingly manifest through us as we encounter hardships and trials. God has planted a life in his people that’s unchanging regardless of exterior circumstances. We went …
Healing Ministry And Suffering According To God’s Will Read more »