Christian Living

How to Discern Between Your Spirit and the Holy Spirit #3 of 4

Hi all, We closed last week with God's instructions about words that make people vain, from their own imaginations. Who falls prey to being led

How to Discern Between Your Spirit and the Holy Spirit #2 of 4

Hi all, I closed last week talking about how Jeremiah was confronted by another so called prophet who gave prophecies for the nation that

How to Discern Between Your Spirit and the Holy Spirit #1 of 4; Our spirit,

Hi all, A young couple have in their hearts to build a camp for church retreats, rest for pastors, and 'revival' meetings. They visit a property

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