(Iron Sharpens Iron – Post 4) Where God Teaches the Heart to Know Itself There is a classroom the Lord conducts that few speak about, yet every saint is enrolled in it. It is the school of hindsight — where the Spirit lets us look back on the long winding road of our own decisions…
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…
(Giants in the Land – Table of Contents) When God brings a man out of Egypt, He intends to bring him into Canaan (Deut. 6:23). But between deliverance and inheritance lies conflict. Canaan is not heaven — it is rest, inheritance, enlargement, and reigning in life by Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17). It is what Christ…
The modern church has learned to say a correct phrase in an incorrect spirit: “Christ has won.” It sounds triumphant, but in practice it often becomes a sedative, not a trumpet. It is used to excuse passivity, explain defeat, and avoid vigilance. I have even heard it used to justify spiritual negligence: “Whether the saints…
The Ambush of the Cross — Post 4 “Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”— Psalm 105:19 The enemy thought Joseph was finished. Betrayed by his brothers, falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife, and forgotten by those he helped in prison, Joseph looked buried. The dreams he once carried…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series Why the Law Was a Shadow — and Christ the Substance I. Introduction: The Divine Design God has always used visible, earthly things to teach eternal, spiritual truths. From the beginning, the Law of Moses was never intended as an end in itself. It was a temporary…
Whose Lens Are You Reading Through? “Dispensationalists believe in a literal interpretation of Scripture… especially prophecy.” — Mike Vlach, Dispensational Theology Literal interpretation sounds safe — even faithful. But what happens when “literal” becomes legalistic, and the spiritual becomes invisible? (See also Phil Mauro’s take on “Literalism) This post examines how dispensational hermeneutics can lead…
The idea of a future third temple in Jerusalem has become a cornerstone of modern prophecy speculation, especially within dispensational and Christian Zionist circles. But Scripture reveals something far greater: the Gospel does not await a future temple — it is the temple. Christ has already fulfilled everything the temple pointed to, and in Him,…