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Awakening the Dawn: Mary & Elizabeth in the Newness of the Spirit

God has so much abundantly more of the Holy Spirit for us to experience as His people than we realize and practice. In general Christians are more comfortable with the Father and Son than the more mysterious and unpredictable Spirit. Some Amazon book titles that betray a general ignorance and estrangement from the Holy SpiritContinue reading “Awakening the Dawn: Mary & Elizabeth in the Newness of the Spirit”

Peter’s Lost Legacy Pt. 2 – The Man Behind the Message

Zinnias are one of my favorite garden flowers. Like last year, I planted a dozen or so zinnias from seeds, delighting to watch them grow into their leafy towers adorned with colorful fist-sized blossoms along the front and side of my home. Living things grow. It’s so beautiful! Now, however, fall’s chilling frost has doneContinue reading “Peter’s Lost Legacy Pt. 2 – The Man Behind the Message”

Peter’s Lost Legacy Pt. 1 – Our Inheritance of Radical Joy in Jesus

I’d like you to pause a moment to contemplate a snapshot of vibrant life in the early church. Far more excellent than a picture frozen in time, it is alive, moving, radiating with the uppermost pleasures of life above the sun. It’s the red carpet rolled out to us inviting us to euphoric joy foundContinue reading “Peter’s Lost Legacy Pt. 1 – Our Inheritance of Radical Joy in Jesus”

A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 4: Sarah’s Submission

In his spiritual maturity the apostle Peter lights the way for Jesus followers living in perilous times. As the light of the world we’re going to experience suffering as our lives collide with the darkness. Words and even wounds are the pains along our pathway. In the days of his ignorance Peter thought of fieryContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 4: Sarah’s Submission”

A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 3: The Centurion at the Cross

We are strangers passing through this world. We have a different mindset than the world. It’s a pilgrim mindset with its destination being the city whose builder and maker is God. We have different goals. We have different passions. Everything is different because we’re following a different Leader. So we’re going to come into conflictContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 3: The Centurion at the Cross”

A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 2: The Thief on the Cross

Our submission to God in our fiery trials opens up a day of God’s visitation to the difficult people who instigate our trying circumstances. Peter, no stranger to suffering himself, assures us that our sufferings and afflictions as Christians will result in a revealing of the Lord Jesus to others. Peter takes us into theContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 2: The Thief on the Cross”

A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 1

One of my heroes of the faith is Corrie Ten Boom. In World War II Nazi occupied Holland her family hid Jews in their home, but eventually got caught. Corrie and her sister ended up together in a German concentration camp. One of my favorite analogies of hers was an embroidery she carried around. ItsContinue reading “A Day of Visitation in Fiery Trials Pt. 1”

The Mystery of Marah’s Missing Sacrifice

At the iconic burning bush, I AM WHO I AM commissioned a trembling Moses to say to the king of Egypt: “The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God” (Ex 3:18 NKJV). Continue reading “The Mystery of Marah’s Missing Sacrifice”

Distracted from Jesus by Seeking the Things Above?

The latest tumbleweed blowing across the landscape of the American church is the enneagram. What shocked me is how a church close to my heart and prayers for well over a decade embraced it. This church loves Jesus and stands upon the Bible as God’s word. They’re a great church, full of love and faithContinue reading “Distracted from Jesus by Seeking the Things Above?”

Tired of Tasting a Cardboard Jesus?

Taste is a mind-blowing marvel of engineering we take for granted. I recently taught my three teens a kitchen science course that introduced me to amazing aspects about taste I’d never known. I hadn’t grasped how taste combines all five senses, not just taste buds and smell. What would a potato chip be without hearingContinue reading “Tired of Tasting a Cardboard Jesus?”