Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 19 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Fighting From Christ’s Finished Work (Hebrews 4:1–11; Ephesians 6:10–18; Matthew 11:28–30) Rest is often misunderstood as the absence of warfare. Scripture presents something stronger. Biblical rest is not withdrawal from the battle. It is the position…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 18 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Peace as Inheritance, Not Therapy (John 14:27; Colossians 3:15; Philippians 4:6–9; Isaiah 26:3) Peace is one of the believer’s greatest inheritances in Christ. Yet peace is also one of the first territories the enemy seeks to…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 17 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Bread, Water, and Spiritual Supply Are Contested (Exodus 17; 1 Corinthians 10:1–4; Ephesians 6:10–18) Israel had been redeemed from Egypt, carried through the Red Sea, and led into the wilderness by the visible presence of God….
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 16 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven When the Father Trains His Sons (Hebrews 12:5–11) One of the most misunderstood experiences in the Christian life is discipline. When believers encounter correction, hardship, or painful circumstances, many instinctively assume something has gone…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 15 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Delay as Divine Training (Psalm 105:17–22; Genesis 37–41) There is a kind of suffering that confuses believers more than persecution, loss, or conflict. It is the suffering of delay. Promises are clear. Calling seems…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 22) One of the things that has become increasingly noticeable in recent years is how many younger believers (and even older ones), even those raised in Christian homes, have a surprisingly thin grasp of basic biblical theology. It seems the biblical literacy rate has decreased exponentially. This is…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 31 Recovering the Pattern Christ Actually Taught Few passages in Scripture are more familiar than what is commonly called The Lord’s Prayer. It is spoken in churches weekly, memorized by children, and recited at weddings, funerals, and hospital bedsides. For many believers, it feels almost inseparable from Christianity itself. Yet a…
Few passages are quoted more often in the discussion of predestination than Romans 8:29–30. Many readers are told this text proves that God predetermined who would believe and who would not — that our very act of faith was settled in advance. But that assumption quietly asks a question the passage itself is not answering….
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 11 How God Teaches His Children Through Adversity When Our Understanding Reaches a Cliff One of the great transitions of the Christian life is the transfer of trust — from self to God. But no man abandons his own understanding while it still works for him….
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 27 No question exposes the fault lines of modern theology more clearly than this one. Jesus does not speak about unbelief as a passive condition.He rebukes it. He warns against it. He laments over it.He weeps because of it. And that creates a problem for any system that claims unbelief is…