All Blog Posts (1,410)

If you fail under pressure, your strength is not very great. 

PROVERBS 24:10 NLT

High-pressure situations give you a chance to experience My grace.

     Trouble is good for you—if you get to know Me better in…

After the large group of disciples deserted him Jesus ministered only in Galilee for some time. He did not go at all into Judea because the Jewish hierarchy were threatening to kill him. With the Feast of Booths at hand Jesus went back to his childhood home in Nazareth. There he found his brothers and sisters and their families gathered. His oldest brother, Joseph, welcomed him. 

“Jesus! We are glad to see you. We…

                                                                Choose a good reputation over great riches,

                                                for being held in high esteem is better than having silver or gold.

                                                                             …

(It has been 4 weeks since I posted one of these stories based upon the signs of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John. This story is actually a continuation of a supposed gathering of the disciples who were at table when Jesus first instituted the Lord’s Supper, now a full year later.)

We sat together for a while after we had eaten, all of us reluctant to leave the fellowship.…

If the righteous are rewarded here on earth,

how much more true that the wicked and the sinner will get what they deserve.

PROVERBS 11:31 NLT

 

What you think, you become.

     What you…

In John 7:25 Jesus said,

“Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgement.”

I am not addressing these remarks to everyone. But some of you will allow God to lead you deeper into His holiness.

• Holy thinking begins by discerning your own heart.

We all need to…

Teach the wise, and they will be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn more.

RIGHT JUDGMENT

“Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgement.”

John 7:25

I am struck by the rendition of Philippians 4:5 in the e.s.v.…

Albrecht Durer  Praying Hands 

 

 

                                   Trust in the LORD with all your heart;  do not depend on your own understanding. 

                                                      Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct…

I have a long-time friend and colleague who recently tested positive for COVID and pneumonia. He is currently hospitalized in the ICU area of a major hospital. When I talked with him, he shared with me that he told his Dr. that hundreds of people were praying for him. Then he asked the Dr. if he knew this Jesus, to whom people were praying? It reminded me of a day several years ago, when my wife was about to undergo a very complicated, and serious surgery. I explained to the Surgeon that as…

Phil Miglioratti and John Armstrong talk about the limited view of Church

that is killing churches!

Hear Here >>>

You will name him Jesus. 

He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High.

     The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.   

     He will reign over Israel forever;  his Kingdom will…

As a well-educated broken one, I notice that many well-educated broken ones are not getting the message when it is delivered Evangelically. My prayer is that organized religion will at least look at Evanlogicalism.

It is not a new faith. It is just a different method of trying to give an understanding of how faith in Christ actually works.

 …

Warner Sallman  Head of Christ 

The LORD himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! 

She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel – “God is with us.” 

ISAIAH…

Let every living, breathing creature praise God! Hallelujah!

PSALM 150:6 THE MESSAGE

Book One concludes with a doxology of unending praise—God alone is worthy of everlasting praise.



Book Two…

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897 - 1963) railed against the corrupted faith of many in his day. 

To me, this seems to epitomise the “easy believism” of the church’s drift away from Biblical teaching: 

•…

                    Albrecht Durer  Praying Hands 

 

The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.

PSALM 145:18 NLT 

 

My unsearchable greatness is your practical strength.

     Worthy of highest honor and praise, powerful beyond calculation—

          I am the…

From my archives...

Preacher, Are You a Descendant of a Greek Orator or Hebrew Prophet?

Prophets, not Orators

by A.W.Tozer

And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”

Isaiah 51:16

The Christian minister, as someone has pointed out, is a descendant not of the Greek orator but of the…

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.

Psalm 138:7 KJV 

 

You are a sojourner in ephemeral time.

     The universal law of human life is summed up in one word—walking.

          Life is a walk, a journey, and constant action…