This blog post is meant to follow on the heels of yesterday's post, The Satisfaction of the Word, since I'm still looking at the same verse. I'm currently leading an inductive Bible study on the …
Speaking in Tongues – The “Least” of the Spiritual Gifts?
The following is a condensed chapter excerpt from my book, Nine Lies People Believe About Speaking in Tongues.And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, …
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Are You A River of Living Water or a Waterless Cloud?
I now find myself in the seventh chapter of John, and thought I'd skip to a passage that I've spent many a time meditating on, teaching from, thinking about and reflecting on:On the last day of …
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No Loafing Allowed – The Side Effect of Large Crowds
Remember how a month ago I stated I was going to try to write a blog post nearly every day about each chapter of the Gospel of John? Yeah, I don't either. Just kidding, but I have kept up on my …
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What Is The Word of God?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was …
Discipleship–-Getting Back to the Basics | Podcast with Mark Burgess
Join us again as I talk with missionary Mark Burgess about the necessity of discipleship, but also the practicalities. An important point that seemed to be emphasized is that you influence and …
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Speaking in Tongues: Is It Evidence of Spirit Baptism? | Podcast with David Edwards
This week Dave Edwards and myself try to cover the subject of speaking in tongues, but this time from the angle of asking specifically is speaking in tongues the initial evidence of Spirit …
The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, nard and saffron, calamus and …
What Are You Building With?
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." (Matthew 13:44, ESV) I may …
Counterfeit Mixed in With the Genuine (Matthew 13:24-30)
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were …
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Is There Money in the Ground? (Matthew 13:1-9)
The whole Bible is the inspired Word of God (1 Tim 3:16). The Holy Spirit saw to it that this Book was written and the content was selected the way it was, and in the order things were put in …
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The Ministry of the Holy Spirit
The ministry of the Holy Spirit brings us out of a walk in the flesh into a walk in the Spirit (see Romans 8). Our “religion” is different than any other. Not only has our God recreated us and …
