Weekly Thoughts

Submission and Authority # 1 of 3

Hi all,I was hired by a college campus ministry in 1981 to bring balance to their staff and members. They had become involved in 'The Shepherding

Celebrate Christmas?

Hi all,Every year the question comes up about celebrating Christmas, and with many new subscribers it seemed good to answer the question. Let me

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 4 of 4

Hi all,Thus far we've covered how knowing the Father is a process of revelation over time. The Law of Moses was one level of revelation, but Jesus is

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 3 of 4

Hi all,In the first week I shared how revelation of the Father is progressive. I had quoted Hebrews 1: 1 but didn't give that reference. It says in

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 2 of 4

Hi all,We left last week talking about how the knowledge of God is progressive within the framework of who He is. That frame work never changes, but

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 1 of 4

Hi all,One of the biggest struggles Christians have is reconciling the God of the Old Testament with Jesus' claims of the goodness of the Father

The Name #3 of 3

Hi all,This installment is about unbelief, what it is, how to get rid of it.The word 'unbelief' is used several times in the New Testament, and is

The Name #2 of 3

Hi all,Let's pick it up where we left off last week. Peter's faith was focused....where? In Acts 3:16 Peter stood with the formerly lame man

The Name #1 of 3

Hi all,In many situations in the gospels as well as in our time, the reason people didn't see miracles in their lives was due to their

Working Through the Emotions of Forgiveness

Hi all,Remembering that trespasses are the injury against a person, and sins are against God, it means the struggle to forgive is

Deeper Understanding #3 of 3

Hi all,Perhaps the single largest doctrinal error in Christian culture today revolves around the concept of forgiveness. What Jesus taught within the

Deeper Understanding #2 of 3

Hi all,Some more fun today of passages that when set in context, provide a deeper meaning. Why Peter walkedJesus walking on water is recorded in

Deeper Understanding #1 of 3

Hi all,This is a fun series about verses and passages you thought you understood, but maybe didn't understand in context. When put in culture of first

Mental Illness & the Last Days #6 of 6

Hi all,In part 4 I shared about the identity crisis Satan brought to Adam and Eve. That identity crisis was a lie, but they believed it. We could say

Mental Illness & the Last Days #5 of 6

Hi all,Wrong thinking and wrong emotions don't always develop into emotional illness, but we are seeing a rise in emotional illness in around the

Mental Illness & the Last Days #4 of 4

Hi all,There is a difference between a believer in Jesus and a disciple of Jesus. By definition the word disciple means 'learner' or 'student'. Not

Mental Illness & the Last Days #3 of 4

Hi all,We left Paul in II Corinthians 1, writing about his feelings. He wrote of a recent time when there was no way out, that his life juices were

Mental Illness & the Last Days #2 of 4

Hi all,The writers of the Bible didn't use modern terms like 'mental illness' or 'emotional illness'. However, if we define what emotional and mental