Series: Counterfeit Ecclesiology: Christ the Center — Post 7 Introduction: The Problem Was Never Fellowship The problem was never: The problem has always been substitution. When anything—however sincere—takes the place that belongs to Christ alone, distortion follows. Not necessarily immediately. Not always visibly. But inevitably and the cure is not dismantling churches or rejecting fellowship….
Series: Counterfeit Ecclesiology: When the Church Replaces Christ — Post 4 Introduction: Silenced Without Being Cast Out When Scripture speaks of false prophets, it speaks plainly. But when Scripture speaks of true prophets, teachers, and reformers, it often tells a different story. They are not usually expelled first. They are frozen. They are kept close…
Series: Counterfeit Ecclesiology: When the Church Replaces Christ — Post 2 Introduction: Displacement Without Denial Christ is rarely denied outright in counterfeit ecclesiologies. And yet—He is quietly displaced. Displacement is more dangerous than denial because it feels orthodox while functioning otherwise. Christ remains in the language, but no longer governs the life. He is confessed…
There are few things more revealing than this simple question: Why does the thought of standing before Christ still fill so many believers with dread? Not unbelievers — believers. Sincere Christians who love the Lord, who desire to please Him, and who take Scripture seriously. If that describes you, this article is for you. When…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 8 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven And there we saw the giants… and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. — Numbers 13:33 The First Battlefield Is Not Canaan — It Is…
(Iron Sharpening Iron – Post 3) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another…. — 1 John 1:7 (KJV) Self Still at the Center True fellowship is not fragile — but it is selective. It flourishes only where light is welcomed and Christ is…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 7 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes Sin as a Personal Captor (Gen. 4:6–7 • 2 Tim. 2:26 • 1 John 3:8) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, **sin lieth at the…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 6 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes When Fear Refuses Inheritance Most believers expect giants to show up in “big” crises, not daily decisions. Scripture shows the opposite. Giants appear wherever inheritance is at stake. In this first part of Giants…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 14 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven When Truth Breaks the Yoke There are moments in the Christian life when the war is long, the night is deep, and the voice of the accuser has worn grooves in the mind. No…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 5 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes Conflict as Formation: War as the Means of Enlargement “Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them… to teach them war.” — Judges 3:1–2 The modern believer assumes…