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The Tyranny of Shame vs. The Grace of Confession Jan 28, 2020 Is it wrong for a priest to say that abortion and
Total Disillusionment Jun 2, 2017 The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us. ~Tim Hansel A large measure of disappointment with God stems from disillusionment with other Christians. ~Philip…
Easter Smackdown: King Jesus says to death: “Is that all you’ve got?” Apr 16, 2017 The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God. ~Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c. 1605-1691) Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know…
The Dying Seed of A Fruitful Life Mar 30, 2017 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
Chesed: Love Is Stronger Than Death Mar 7, 2017 Love is swift, pure, tender, joyful, and pleasant. Love is strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, vigorous, and never self-seeking. For when a man is self-seeking, he abandons love. Love is watchful, humble, and upright. Love is…
We Hunger for What We Eat Dec 4, 2016 We live as hungry people in a hungry world. Everyone is looking for something that will sustain and nourish life, something that will feed and energize, something that will fill and satisfy. Everyone is looking for…
Over The Bridge And into The Fear of The Lord Oct 25, 2016 When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God…
Indestructible Love Jul 27, 2016 When a Christian or group of Christians dies because they trust that Christ is the faithful revelation of God and of a new humanity, their death is not like Obi-Wan Kenobi’s last words to Darth Vader:…
What If The Skeptics Are Right? Apr 13, 2016 The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of…
Eternity in the Mundane: A Repost on The Importance of Living in The Moment Jul 18, 2015 A glimpse of the next three feet of road is more important and useful than a view of the horizon.~C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He…
Whatever Happened to the Human Race? Jun 4, 2015 One of the greatest attractions of Christianity to me is its sheer absurdity. I love all those crazy sayings in the New Testament—which, incidentally, turn out to be literally true—about how fools and illiterates and children…
Truth Is A Substance Apr 12, 2015 One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed.~William HazlittNow this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no…
Aiming for Eternity Mar 9, 2015 As the mother’s womb holds us for nine months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth…. Therefore, look forward…
What If You Just Knew? Feb 6, 2015 What if you had walked in on the ‘smoking gun’ of the resurrection? What if you smelled the scent of the freshest air you had ever breathed in the tomb of dead Man who was no…
Dawn of The Dead – Four Years of Living The Crucified Life Oct 19, 2014 We have one function in life: to be the manifestors of His life to the world. Only when we are living His life are we truly living our own! This is the reason for our creation.~Malcolm…
Warrior Diet – Avoiding Junk Food Sep 9, 2014 Christ is full and sufficient for all his people. He is bread, wine, milk, living waters, to feed them; he is a garment of righteousness to cover and adorn them; a Physician to heal them; a…
Choose Life Jul 29, 2014 God has no need of marionettes. He pays men the compliment of allowing them to live without Him if they choose. But if they live without Him in this life, they must also live without Him…
Family Vision Statement Jun 22, 2014 Where there is no vision, the people perish… ~ from Proverbs 29Doulos Family Vision Statement (implemented 5 May 2013):1. We Live for God’s glory. We utterly forsake the concept that life is “about us,” and refuse…
Swimming in The River of Life May 19, 2014 Christ taught an astonishing thing about physical death: not merely that it is an experience robbed of its terror, but that as an experience it does not exist at all. To “sleep in Christ,” “depart and…
The Hammer and Anvil of Grace Feb 12, 2014 Part 2 of 2… some of the logistical details are unclear, but the core and moral of the story stand. Grace. Stunning. Abundant. It is that unmerited gift of G_d that gives us EVERYTHING we need…
Strongholds Jan 28, 2014 A spiritual stronghold is a mindset impregnated with hopelessness that causes us to accept as unchangeable something that we know is contrary to the will of God. ~UnknownNow there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate…
A Different Breed Feb 11, 2013 New Life: The first opus of His Grace. A person who has become a Christian, is actually and truly a different species than before conversion. Prior to conversion, Homo sapiens is flesh and soul (body and…
2-Year Post-Mortem Dec 12, 2012 We have one function in life: to be the manifestors of His life to the world. Only when we are living His life are we truly living our own! This is the reason for our creation.~Malcolm…
Manifold Deception Oct 23, 2012 The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind. ~John Milton (1608-1674) We have a strong city; He sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open…
Intense Love Does Not Measure Apr 28, 2012 Love is doing someone good at my expense with affection for God’s Glory Love never fails. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:8 Morpheus: … What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your…
He Is Everything Apr 23, 2012 Only those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God.~Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated…
Jesus=Life AND Everything Else≠Life Dec 17, 2011 At length, on evening, while engaged in a prayer-meeting, the great deliverance came. I received the full witness of the Spirit that the blood of Jesus had cleansed me from all sin. I felt I was…
Everything Means Something Oct 13, 2011 What we call crises, God ignores; and what God reveals as the great critical moments of a man’s life, we look on as humdrum commonplaces. When we become spiritual, we discern that God was in the…
The Easy Life Aug 25, 2011 An entire surrender of spirit, soul and body to His control in a life of inevitable obedience may look hard to a soul ignorant of God. To those who know Him, it is the happiest and…
The Purpose of Life Jul 14, 2011 GLORIFY G_D, ENJOY HIS PRESENCE FOREVER… A long 36-year path for me has led to a single conclusion: The only reasonable way for me to live my life is to utterly surrender all that I have…
Turn Off the TV? May 16, 2011 Anchored to the Rock: Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the…
Not A Thing Apr 27, 2011 The love of G_d. Never ending. Unstoppable. Without Measure. So like, “Absolutely, Really Super-Mega-Ultra Awesome Love” comes up just pitiful in comparison to Him. Here’s the point: There is no comparison. When we speak of Him,…