Christian Living

About Free Will, if You’d Like #4 of 4

Hi all, The single biggest issue I receive email about involves emotions and thoughts. We live in a culture of short bursts of video and sound

About Free Will, If You’d Like #3 of 4, Finding Purpose

Hi all, In my teen years after my dad left our family, I worked several different jobs. They included farm work baling hay and painting fence

About Free Will if You Like #2 of 4

Hi all, Having established that we are sovereign beings and neither God nor the devil can make us do anything, we find that means we are 100%

About Free Will, If You’d Like, #1 of 4

Hi all, This series is not about predestination, but about what free will is, why it is, and how it benefits us - which will explain a lot of the

The Reason Behind the Reason, Prophetic for the Body #3 of 3

Hi all, I closed last week talking about how Gallio the Roman Senator and Judge, had refused to make being a Christian a federal offense, but the

The Reason Behind the Reason; Refusing to be the Same #2 of 3

Hi all, Last week I mentioned the reason the church has been persecuted through the ages is because they were different from the culture and

The Reason Behind the Reason; Conformity #1 of 3

Hi all, I made the observation in my book Return of the First Church that the early church was a counter-culture movement whereas the

Why the 10 Commandments #3 of 3

Hi all, How do we live in the empowerment of grace while surrounded by a religious world that would like to externally control us by their

Why the 10 Commandments? #2 of 3; Effects of Legalism

Hi all, Last week I established why God gave the Mosaic law - because sin was in the world but up to that point no one knew exactly what sin was.

Why the 10 Commandments? #1 of 3; Why God Made Rules

Hi all, I closed the last series on grace asking why then did God give the law? If grace empowers, if it has purpose and is holy, teaches and

Understanding Grace 3 of 3; Empowering Grace

Hi all, I've shared how grace carries an expectation, a purpose, and has limits. Grace is completely within the heart of the giver of grace, and is

John Fenn, Understanding Grace 2 of 3; It’s not about you

Hi all, I shared last week that love is unconditional, but grace always has conditions and expectations. Grace always has boundaries,

Understanding the Limits of Grace #1 of 3; The Limits of Grace

Hi all, I often say this to understand the differences between judgment, mercy, and grace: Judgment is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not

Surprised Who is in Heaven? (appearances can be deceiving) #2 of 4

Hi all, I wanted to remind you about Saturday's Zoom web meeting, May 16, 1pm US/Canada Central time - hope you can join us. I will have a handout

Healing a Moral Injury #4 of 4, Weaving the Tapestry

Hi all, I closed last week talking about Joseph and how he retained deep within himself who he knew himself to be. Today, consider

Healing a Moral Injury #3 of 4, Altered View of Life

Hi all, I ended last week sharing how the Lord wrote down on a scroll for Ezekiel 'lamentations, mourning, and woe', and then told him to eat the

Healing a moral injury #2 of 4, Mourning my injury

Hi all, It is a rare thing for me to share in my Weekly Thoughts on the same subject as the monthly teaching series, but moral injury is so

Healing a ‘Moral Injury’.#1 of 4; Defining Moral Injury

Hi all, Today I begin a series on 'moral injury' and how to heal it. A moral injury produces deep wounds to the soul of a person. A moral injury is