Why Living by Christ Does Not Mean Abandoning God’s Righteous Standard Introduction — When Words Trigger Concern Recently, a reader responded to an article of mine with a concern that is worth addressing carefully. He had spent decades in a movement shaped by the teachings of Witness Lee, and when he read the phrase “beyond…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 9 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Why Delay is Spiritual Retreat Faith Is Not Neutral OT Grounding: Numbers 13–14 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him….
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 3 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes The Threshold God Will Not Cross For You Jordan stands in Scripture as a boundary line — not between earth and heaven, but between wilderness and inheritance. It marks the line between God’s provision…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 4 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes Why Obedience Precedes Enlargement Crossing Jordan was not possession; it was consent. It was the soul agreeing with God that enlargement is worth conflict. God will not bring a man into conflict for which…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 2 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes The True Objective of Christian Warfare Most Christians assume that Canaan represents heaven. But Scripture refuses such a comparison. In the Bible, Canaan is not the place believers go when they die, but the…
Series: Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession)Part I: The Summons to War — Post 1 of 33 He Brought Us Out To Bring Us in Israel did not leave Egypt merely to leave Egypt. God had a destination in view. Redemption was never meant to terminate in deliverance, but in possession. The…
Series: Freedom That Remains — Post 3 How Israel’s Repeated Cycle of Deliverance and Relapse Was Preserved as a Warning to the Church The Old Testament does not present Israel as a success story. It presents them as a warning. God could have edited the record. He could have highlighted victories and muted failures. Instead,…
The Ambush of the Cross — Post 5“To obey is better than sacrifice.” — 1 Samuel 15:22 A King’s Ambush Saul didn’t fall because he was a pagan. He fell because he was religious. He had spiritual authority, prophetic encounters, victories in battle—and yet he lost the kingdom. Why? Because he walked in the flesh…
Two of the most visible parts of the Christian life are water baptism and the Lord’s Supper (also called communion). These are not just traditions — they are powerful pictures of the gospel. Water Baptism Water baptism is the outward sign of an inward change. It doesn’t save you — only Jesus saves. But baptism…