There are so many depictions of “Jesus” today, from books like Jesus Calling to films like The Passion of the Christ and The Chosen, and most of these depict a false Jesus. Some are downright blatant in their dangerous heresy, like The DaVinci Code. Anything, though, which isn’t 100% biblically accurate—taken straight from the pages […]
Tag: Holy
Self-Control
Yea, this one isn’t gonna just step on toes. It’s going to crush them. Even my own—OUCH! Most people know the fruit (singular) of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (in the original text, there is no “and self-control”, because these are united aspects of one essence—the divine nature of […]
Spiritual Warfare
There is so much debate around spiritual warfare, demonic possession, deliverance ministry, and the like, causing me to evaluate my understanding and nail down exactly what is biblical truth about the matter. Looking to the New Testament church, there is no Scriptural support for demonic possession of Christians, per se, but there is Scriptural support […]
The Lord’s Supper
Hello again, dear Christian siblings. Peace and grace to you all. I’ve intended to write on this subject for a while (some biblical command and some opinion here). One of the primary reasons the church meets is to break bread by the command (Luke 22:19/ 1 Corinthians 11:24-25) to remember Jesus’ sacrifice, represented by the […]
Jude
It was laid on my heart to study the book of Jude. Yes, Jude—you know, that short book of the New Testament just before Revelation. Many may often overlook this book, because it may not be as “popular” as Genesis or Revelation or others in between, but it packs a spiritual punch we should not […]
Thoughts
I’m not sure about you, but -being honest and open in my growth- my mind is filled with some pretty stupid things sometimes. It may be regrets from poor decisions made, ungodly entertainment that I chose in the past which stills steps forward in my memories today (sometimes replaying scenes of which I don’t want […]
Temptation
I watched an interesting news story one day on a popular Spanish television channel. I didn’t listen in, but got enough visual to spark inspiration. The story covered a gathering, a festival of sorts. I wasn’t certain at the time what they were celebrating, but have just recently learned it was a Hindu festival celebrated […]
Freedom
Let’s talk freedom in Christ. Here’s the problem: Freedom in Christ, first of all, does not give us license to sin. Nor does freedom in Christ mean we can get that nose piercing or that cross tattoo or listen to secular music or pass along that (very worldly) “funny” meme and still be OK within […]
Activated
As mentioned previously, I am a youth leader within the church. Last night I had a dream I was teaching my youth this lesson. In my dream, we were outdoors somewhere. The youth were quite distracted and kept walking off. They didn’t want to hear it at first – as many of us don’t sometimes, […]