Misunderstandings? Scripture isn’t conflicted or confused… we are. We do the misunderstanding. I would argue that the reason, or at least a contributor, is that we apply secular definitions, interpretations, understanding to spiritual matters. You have to apply spiritual understandings to spiritual issues, questions. Scriptural and Secular are more than simply… opposites. “Now we have […]
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Often the phrase, the woman question, is used to identify what happens to women. I would argue that ‘to’ is the proper adjective, not ‘for’. So often, even in the church, it is used as an excuse but certainly not in favor of women. But when it comes to Christianity, what is woman’s ‘place’? (Genesis
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Have you ever noticed that when the Word gives a directive, it gives the ‘why’ at the same time? You don’t have to seek the reason – it always presents what happens when you do obey and when you don’t. We never read a ‘ because I said so’ comment, contrary to what we practice.
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs 23:7, AMP) Believe this? Do you believe we are ‘controlled’ by what’s in our hearts? Is the heart, not the head, the source and ‘director’ of our words and behaviors? If it’s the heart that leads… where and how? Hmmmm… think on this verse
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Occasionally I find myself sighing and wishing I was more like my ideal me. Do you? This can be my mindset when I find myself acting on what I call Paul’s lament – doing what he doesn’t want to and not doing what he does want. Then after a few sighs I typically find myself
I can’t take credit for that title… Joyce Meyer talked on this topic (you should check out her video teaching). However, it is such a great line, that I wanted to use those words. First we need to realize that ‘guilt’ has many faces. There’s the guilt we feel when we do or don’t do
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I’m returning to an earlier post thought because I wanted to revisit ‘lacking nothing’. Those are the ending words in James 1:4. Lacking in nothing. Wow! Can you get your head around that? How do we place ourselves in a position that we lack nothing? One of the beginning steps is to NOT consider the
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“… Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God], so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but
Bluntly… rarely does this work! (Then again… it could be me.) I know we’re taught in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (AMP) by Paul: “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to everyone, so that I may win more [for Christ]. …I have become all things to all men, so
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Do you ever get the feeling that you aren’t seeing the complete picture? That something’s missing … but what?! When it comes to spiritual matters, I think it is incredibly important to understand and verify what it is that’s missing. And therefore before you ask – no, I don’t believe the Lord’s hiding (fill in
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
