Sales or Marketing: How Should the Church Function?
Our task is to yield to the Spirit in such a way as to display the “Imago Dei”, image of God in us. It is Christ who attracts. It is God’s work that we believe.
Moses Prayer to God: Can There Be a Better Prayer?
By prayer we can all ask this same question, “let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight”. As I have thought for the last bit, I can not think of a more basic prayer,
Relational Perception as seen in Act 8:26-39: my hearings
I could as easily have title this Listening to Hear, as a relationship is implied. One cannot receive a message unless there is a sender. What matters is that hearings be perceived, understood, and acted on. It is the manner and amplitude of the hearings which vary. Meaning is then attached. The self perceiving can weigh, value […]
The Kingdom of Heaven – ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν (is like)
οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ (n) ouranos, heaven, dwelling of gods and spirits, independent of earth, vault as sky, universe
βασιλεία, ας, ἡ (n) basileia, kingdom, royal rule, sovereignty
John: 17:3 – Knowing God Is Eternal Life
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 This form of knowledge includes experience. I can not think of a verse I like more. Since knowing is experiencing and the prayer is to know God and Jesus Christ the verse 1097 […]
Sanctification Depends on Doing for God’s Sake
That it was lamentable to see how many people mistook the means for the end, addicting themselves to certain works, which they performed very imperfectly, by reason of their human or selfish regards.