Picking Up Our Cross… Denying Ourselves Is Just the Beginning: Part 2

SPIRITUAL WAR BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF REALITY After spending years in the world, it becomes natural to view life as it appears to the naked, unawakened spiritual eye: We only see the characteristics of a corporeal, empirical reality with nothing in-between that and the mystery of the unseen. So we’re not alert. We’re unprepared. We’ve… Read More Picking Up Our Cross… Denying Ourselves Is Just the Beginning: Part 2

Merely Functioning: Living in a World that Prefers the Matrix

DISTRUST IN THE AUTHOR Not many people read anymore. Of those who do, not all read the Bible. And of those who read the Bible, many question its legitimacy and reliability and so they distrust its author is actually God. How can we identify the fundamental core of truth if we don’t dig deep into… Read More Merely Functioning: Living in a World that Prefers the Matrix

When We Suffer: Discipline of the Spirit

HORRORS OF A WORLD WITH SIN There is so much suffering in this world. So much suffering. It’s one of the most common reasons unbelievers have put aside considering the existence of a so-called all-loving God. There is so much trauma in life that one wonders how a loving God, with all His wisdom and… Read More When We Suffer: Discipline of the Spirit

Fearing God: A Truly Subservient, Humble & Loving Heart

THE GOD OF ALL TRANSCENDENT ATTRIBUTES How do we recognize the fear of God in people? Why is it even important to take notice of this type of reverential fear of the Lord?  When a person doesn’t fear God, there is a missing link in the chain of the way that person views God’s authority,… Read More Fearing God: A Truly Subservient, Humble & Loving Heart

Forgiveness, Jesus as Lord, & the Power of Prayer

SEEKING WORTHINESS NONSENSE Why is it so hard to believe that forgiveness from God comes at the beginning of our relationship to Him through Jesus, and that that is the starting point of our Christian walk? The beginning of our journey is not the “pursuit of achieving worthiness to get into Heaven”, because that would… Read More Forgiveness, Jesus as Lord, & the Power of Prayer