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….
True Apostolic Discipleship — Post 7 of 48Section II: The Cross and the Covenant Suffering does not automatically make a person spiritual. But when it is received beneath the faithful hand of God, it can become the place where endurance is formed, illusions are stripped away, and the life of Christ becomes more deeply rooted…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 42 Understanding Hebrews 12:17 What Does “He Found No Place of Repentance” Mean? “For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.” (Hebrews 12:17) At first glance,…
A Study of How the Apostles Teach Us to Read the Bible “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” — Acts 17:11 (KJV) Jump to Table of Contents How to Read This Series…
True Apostolic Discipleship — Post 6 of 48Section II: The Cross and the Covenant God does not lead His children to the throne by avoiding the cross, but by forming the life of the Lamb within them. Every disciple begins by following Christ, but few understand where He is leading. At first, we see His…
A disciple’s life does not rest upon the strength of his promise to God, but upon the faithfulness of God’s promise fulfilled in Christ. True Apostolic Discipleship — Post 5 of 48Section II: The Cross and the Covenant Modern discipleship often begins with man’s resolve. A believer becomes convicted and promises to pray more, read…
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…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 41 Introduction — When Faith Looks for Proof Many are coming to see the Shroud of Turin in my city this week. Having been raised in a Catholic family, I grew up watching people venerate relics, objects believed to be connected to Christ. Over the years, I have seen the Shroud…
(When Revelation Gives Way to Reconstruction — Post 17) One of the striking things about the New Testament is something most readers never notice. The apostles rarely retell the stories of Jesus’ earthly ministry. They do not reconstruct His timeline nor did they harmonize the Gospels. They did not attempt to arrange events chronologically. Instead,…