God’s Secret Weapon As a spiritual discipline, fasting has fallen out of grace and favor within today’s church. We hear little about it from the pulpit, and we see it practiced even less. It’s accepted as doctrine, but it’s not being applied. Why is it so important? Because the human heart hasn’t changed, it’s still […]

Discerning God’s Voice There’s a very sad story found in the Bible of a man of God, a prophet who was greatly used by God, but stumbled at the end because He didn’t discern God’s voice over that of a man. But it isn’t as cut and dry as one might think. The person who […]

Repent and Believe Repentance involves our mental acceptance of the fact that we have sinned and our sins have not only affected others, but have hurt and wounded God. This should produce within us a deep heartfelt sorrow over what we have done, where it literally breaks our hearts when we think about it. But […]

Focusing On God When pressed for an answer to which commandment was the greatest, Jesus answered that it is having a love relationship with God. “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38) It’s […]

Peace Of God Besides peace with God, Jesus, as our Prince of Peace, also brings the peace of God. Until we reach heaven there are some things we’ll never quite know or understand. Paul says, “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then […]

Peace With God “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27) Jesus contrasts worldly peace with God’s peace. The peace the world gives is the cessation of war and […]

Getting To The Heart If I were to give a definition of religion, part of it would be that religion is about the business of keeping and maintaining laws and the traditions that surround and are interwoven within them. Jesus, however, basically nullifies the rules and regulations in favor of a relationship, and within that […]

Our Prince of Peace Peace is at the heart of what everyone wants. All of us want a little peace, peace in the world, peace in our lives, and peace in our relationships. And while peace is our greatest hope and desire, the reality is that it’s an elusive dream. We catch glimpses of it, […]

Is it Christian, or Convenient? Back in the 70’s, Memorex launched a series of commercials where Ella Fitzgerald would sing a note that would shatter a glass while recording it on a Memorex tape. They would then play the tape and it would likewise shatter the glass, and then they would ask, “Is it live, […]

Truthing In Love Paul tells us not to be like little children in our understanding being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, but rather we need to be “Speaking the truth in love.” (Ephesians 4:15a) The kindest thing we can do is to tell people the truth, which is the sign of […]