Archive for January 2013
Christ for Us (Part 1)
‘So will I also be for You.’ (Hosea 3:3) [in this context, the prophet Hosea’s acceptance and forgiveness of his unfaithful wife is a providential picture of God’s redemptive love for His wayward people.] The typical promise, ‘You shalt abide for Me many days,’ is indeed a marvel of love. For it is given to…
Read MoreThe Balance of Obedience (Part 2)
The issue of authority played out one night in the following way: The captain of the ship looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. Immediately he told his signalman to send a message” “Alter your course 10 degrees south.” Promptly a return message was received: “Alter your course 10 degrees…
Read MoreThe Balance of Obedience
“Obedience” is the key word in the current Missions emphasis in our local church … and denomination. It’s not surprising since this theme is central to the Great Commission: “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of…
Read MoreSanctification by Faith
Where most people think that the goal of discipleship is to get people to become something that they are not, the Scriptures call believers to become more and more what they already are in Christ. When Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19), He’s assuming that only disciples can disciple…
Read MoreWhere Has All the Power Gone?
As I have worked with the Church over the past four decades, it is apparent that the ministry of the Spirit is on the wane. The vast majority of those to whom we have ministered could have, and should have, been ministered to in their churches. As the cultural and economic wars heat up, it…
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