Most assuredly, each of us should enjoy a proper level of honor. Honor can never be demanded. As much as we may attempt to do so, honor must be given. Honor should be automatic or inherent to some people positioned in our lives: We should honor father and mother, leaders in the Body, and governmental […]
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Discipline and Punishment: Standing Your Child on the Corner?
Roland lives in my home town of Jacksonville, Florida. According to media reports, his mother, Marcia, decided to have her eight-year-old son stand on the corner holding a sign that says, “I was rude to my teacher so I can’t come to school. I am sorry!” This story got national media attention and professional […]
Kingdom Inheritance
God had a purpose when Jesus created everything that is not God. The purpose was the rule of God on earth through man. It wasn’t beautiful trees, azure mountains, deep blue seas, and the wonders of nature. God has wonders like that surrounding Him because He is infinitely beautiful and complete within Himself. God made […]
Cultural Identity Crisis
Spiritual fathering measures success by a revelation of what God wants for spiritual children: “I will train up this child in his way he should go.” A child has something built into this destiny that is design and defined by God before his birth, and fathering God’s way will involve God’s intentions in the results. […]
Sheltered
Job’s experiences reveal that the devil has to go through God to get to us, and that most of what hell would like to do is off-limits. The interplay of our lives with satan has a “load limit” sign on it. When satan does entice, God provides an escape so we can bear the strain […]
Greater Awakening: When Revival Becomes Awakening
Asia Minor Awakening According to Luke’s records of the Ephesus-Asian Minor Awakening in Acts 19 and credible sources from history, the city of Ephesus went from being the center of queen of heaven worship for both Greek and Roman cultures to the center of Christianity. The transformation took about forty years. Paul came into the […]
Tipping Points, Word for 2012, Part 3
The mechanism was designed to fill the pivoted glass bird with dripping water until a certain amount of water reached a certain weight that would tip the bird and empty the contents, the empty bird would pivot back into place and the dripping would begin again. The bird would remain in place until that one […]
Preaching – a Unique Mode of Communication
I’ve noticed a trend in Christian television away from preaching as the mode of communication. I think that is good. Yes, I think that discovering, uncovering, producing and perfecting other ways of communicating the message of the kingdom is beneficial to our calling and commission to “disciple nations.” We should be producing excellent media presentations […]
Entitlement and Mercy
I have some musing on the subject of entitlement and mercy: simply put, God doesn’t entitle us to stuff even as His children. He treats as true children and we must respond as true children. His covenant with us guarantees the availability of stuff, but not entitlement to stuff. Most people get mercy and grace […]
Female Angels?
Yep, someone actually asked this question… …then, someone else actually answered it. Then, someone else said, “Yes, there are because I saw some in a revelatory experience.” Then, someone else actually said, “If you see a spirit being as a woman, she always represents something false or evil.” Then, someone else said, “No, because Jesus […]