The Word of God is awesome! It has all the power we will ever need for every situation in our lives (Heb. 4:12). All we have to do is mix it with faith and, praise God, a miracle (Heb. 4:2)! I know many of you are thinking, It isn’t that easy. I believe the Word and… Continue reading Killing Sacred Cows
Category: Deception
The deception that divides
Combat Communication A spirit of illusion can hit the churches to create division. In our striving for oneness, the assault against it was a spirit of illusion, a lying spirit to create division. As you look back on those periods, and periods even before, you can see that things were not at all the way… Continue reading The deception that divides
The end of illusion
One of the greatest and most practical truths that we can receive is this: revelation versus illusion. Almost everyone who is trying to walk on with God faces a certain amount of illusion, which is often difficult to separate from revelation or even from logical conclusions and evaluations of a situation. I think that this… Continue reading The end of illusion
There’s a little pharisee in all of us
The Feasts which God has ordained for us to keep are times which are very significant in the plan of God (Exodus 23:14–17). We read that the first Passover of the Old Testament came right on schedule. Exodus 12:41 says, “Right to the day, after four hundred and thirty years, it came to pass.” The… Continue reading There’s a little pharisee in all of us
No knights in shining armor
The depth of our relationship to the Lord and to one another is of concern to every true believer. Jesus’ prayer for His disciples, found in John 17, will help us to understand the will of God for us in these relationships. In verses 13–23 we read, “But now I come to Thee; and these… Continue reading No knights in shining armor
Dedication dissipates deception
By the Holy Spirit we see a trend developing that is like a straw in the wind, a warning of things to come. In Micah 2:8 the Lord warned, “My people are risen up as an enemy.” How subtly the enemy comes to turn people from their loyalty to the Living Word of the Lord.… Continue reading Dedication dissipates deception
The truthers and the liars
In the title of this message, we are coining a new word, truthers, referring to those who tell the truth, just as those who tell lies are called liars. It is natural or human for a Christian to try to conceal certain problems in his life, because he knows that as soon as he confesses… Continue reading The truthers and the liars