It is a fact that we humans have God-given fears that He has built into each of us. Those fears play a very important role: they protect us and preserve life. For instance, having a healthy fear of lions, scorpions, and diseases that can infect us, serve to protect us. Read more “Freedom from Feardom”
God has ways of getting our attention! He is always communicating, but we aren’t always listening. He may be broadcasting, but we may be tuned out, on a completely different wave length listening to another station, and so completely miss what He is saying. Read more “Following Rabbit Trails”
It is quite common these days to buy something that says “Assembly Required” on the box. Some see this as an enjoyable challenge, while others view it as a necessary evil! Read more ““Assembly Required””
It is one of our natural, human desires to want to do something for those we love, and this obviously includes doing things for God; we desire to please Him with whatever we can do for Him. Read more “A Temple Made by Human Hands”
One thing about us humans which is very “natural” and yet of very real concern is our propensity to give our attention and our time to humans instead of, or as a substitute for, Jesus Christ Himself. This is an age-old temptation for us. Read more “Hear Him!”
The word “paradox” comes from the Latin word “para” meaning “beyond” and the Greek word “doxa” meaning “popular opinion or belief”. In other words a paradox is beyond orthodox, beyond what is popular – or perhaps beyond what we are comfortable with because it is beyond our understanding! Read more “Paradoxology”
When God first called us out of religion in 1996, we didn’t understand exactly what He was asking us to leave. Over time we saw that He was not just calling us to leave the church we were part of, but anything and everything that was a substitute for Him. Read more “Leaving Church”
Most of us are familiar with Google Earth – digitally zooming in on areas of the earth.
If there were such a thing, what might Google Heaven be like? Read more “Google Heaven”
“Don’t assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you’re an insider to God’s revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! Read more “Christ or Religion?”
Summer was coming to an end.
It was time to do some work in the garden… Read more “The Little Trowel”
“In” is one of those little words that means an awful lot.
Being in Christ is to be… Read more “In Christ”
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, please note that in this writing Christ is understood to mean ALL of Himself. Read more “Christ Alone”
I cannot learn anything until I unlearn what I have already learned.
I cannot be real and genuine until I have been disillusioned. Read more “Lessons from Life”
When I wrote The Little Photograph and Being Discerning, I realized that Father was teaching me some important things about judging and discerning correctly from His Life within me. Read more “Knowing Christ”
“The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 Read more “Going With the Wind”
A housewife was in her home doing the ironing one day while her children played happily close by. As she looked up from her somewhat boring task, her eye was caught by a small black and white photograph that her Great Uncle had taken many years ago which was sitting on a shelf in the room. Read more “The Little Photograph”
Most of us profess to know, or at least confess with our mouths, that the church is not a building or an earthly organization of people. Read more “Planting and Harvest”
There was once a family of stones living together at the side of a path which was beside a riverbed. They were quite content and satisfied with their lot in life, they enjoyed both the sunshine and the rain. Read more “The Little Stone”
The Bible frequently mentions harvest time. One interpretation of the harvest is that of souls entering the kingdom, Christ stated that the harvest is ready, but the laborers are few. That is but one side of the harvest though, He also frequently referred to us as being the seed (and the fruit of the Vine) Read more “Harvest Time”