Authority

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Mysterium Fidei (The Mystery of Faith) Mar 21, 2021 The mystery of the Bible should teach us, at one and the same time, our nothingness and our greatness, producing humility and animating hope.~Henry Dundas Melville (1742-1811) O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name…
Atlas Crushed: The Failure of Autonomy Feb 17, 2021 I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.― Ayn Rand, Missing the point, in Atlas…
Win First Then Fight Jun 29, 2020 先胜后战 (Xiān shèng hòu zhàn)~ 孫子 Sun Tzu Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to…
Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time Jan 9, 2019 Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas “Come…
Speaking The Truth in Love May 3, 2018 When we are speaking the truth in love, we are not putting someone down nicely—we are elevating someone brilliantly. We are saying to people, “You don’t need to be doing that because this is who you…
Push Off, Devil! Oh… And You Owe Me My Life Back! Apr 22, 2018 In the Name of Jesus, I prohibit the spiritual powers assigned to me to hinder my family. I arrest them in the Name of Jesus and legally declare that they are blocked from entry into my…
Black Saturday: Where Death and Life Meet Mar 31, 2018 It is Saturday We are bewildered We are scared What happened to Him could happen to us We are waiting for what He said but the silence is deafening Doubt-filled fear controls most moments If true,…
G_d Ain’t Got No Dog in The Fight Mar 25, 2018 There’s no shadow You won’t light up Mountain You won’t climb up Coming after me There’s no wall You won’t kick down Lie You won’t tear down Coming after me There’s no shadow You won’t light…
Level 12 Exercise: Fully Mature Son Mar 14, 2018 It is morally impossible to exercise trust in God while there is failure to wait upon Him for guidance and direction. The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts…
The Devil Knows Who You Are – And It Frightens Him Feb 18, 2018 One great tragedy of our existence is that often, the Devil, the liar, the Satan, the divider believes more in our identity in Christ Jesus than we do. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos Grace to you and…
Hunger for Righteousness: Born from Death to Self Jan 21, 2018 When the soul by the Holy Spirit comes to know the Mother of God; when in the Holy Spirit the soul becomes kin to the Apostles, the Prophets, and all the Saints and Righteous Ones, then…
Jesus Is Bigger Jul 24, 2017 It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. In every cloud he brings, God wants us to unlearn something. God’s purpose in the cloud is to simplify our…
Breakthroughs Into Eternal Spaces Jun 22, 2017 Just as people do not enter a war in order to enjoy war, but in order to be saved from war, so we do not enter this world in order to enjoy this world, but in…
Avoiding Mind Rape May 16, 2017 Lord, make Thyself always present to my mind, and let Thy love fill and rule my soul in all those places, companies, and employments to which Thou callest me. Amen. ~John Wesley Since therefore Christ suffered…
Leading from The Cheap Seats May 3, 2017 A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of…
Jesus: Ancient of Days And New Forever Mar 27, 2017 I came to love You late, O Beauty so ancient and new; I came to love You late. You were within me and I was outside, where I rushed about wildly searching for You like some…
The Failed Power of Reason Sep 20, 2016 Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.~Martin Luther, 1483-1546 There shall come forth a Shoot from the stump of Jesse, and…
Real Authority Mar 23, 2016 There is an amazing sanity in Jesus Christ that shakes the foundations of death and hell, no panic, absolute dominant mastery over everything—such a stupendous mastery that he let men take his strength from him.~Oswald Chambers…
Living in The Truth Oct 25, 2015 What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.~ Abraham MaslowHe flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices, and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.~Anatole France (1844-1924)This is…
A Man Under Authority Sep 14, 2015 Our world is fast becoming a madhouse, and the inmates are trying to run the asylum. It is a strange time when the patients are writing the prescriptions, the students are threatening to run the schools,…
The Kingdom of Heaven Is Yours May 31, 2015 As his child, you are entitled to his kingdom, the warmth, the peace, and the power of his presence, the wisdom, the insight, and the guidance of his Spirit, the goodness, the joy, and every supreme…
Recognizing True Authority May 15, 2014 In every Christian’s heart there is a cross and a throne, and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross, he remains on the throne. Perhaps…
Understanding And Living in Spiritual Authority Apr 30, 2014 The sovereignty of Christ from the cross is a new sovereignty. It has destroyed forever the formula that might is right. It has put to shame the self-assertion of false heroism. It has surrounded with imperishable…
Fathering Beyond Hate Dec 26, 2012 The sin that shocks God is the thing which is highly esteemed among men—self-realization, pride, my right to myself.~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will…