PERSPECTIVE

‘Do not worry.’Matthew 6:31 NIV No matter what we face in life, we should always try to keep things in perspective. When we lose perspective, we can end up viewing minor problems as major ones. Or we’ll do the opposite, treating significant situations as ‘no big deal’. Either tendency leads to problems, so we need … Continue reading PERSPECTIVE

THE TRUE KING

Bible Reading: Revelation 19:11-16 Today's key story Micah let out a sigh of relief as he set the last box on the floor and sat down. "I sure am glad the garage is finished. This fall cleaning is hard work!" "Don't get too comfortable," said Grandpa. "We still have to clean out the spare room." He … Continue reading THE TRUE KING

THE HOLY SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.—Psalm 139:23-24 I suppose my suggestion will not receive much serious attention, but I should like to suggest that we Bible-believing Christians announce a moratorium … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS

THE HOLY SPIRIT: WE NEED HIM MORE AND MORE

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.—John 14:26 I have reason to suspect that many people are trying to give leadership in Christian churches today without ever having yielded to … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: WE NEED HIM MORE AND MORE

THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE SOUL IN THE BODY

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.—1 Corinthians 12:18 Let us review something here that we probably know: the doctrine of the life and operation of Christian believers on earth—starting with the fact that the Christian church is the body of Christ, Jesus Himself … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE SOUL IN THE BODY

THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE POWER GOD RECOGNIZES

"Woe to the rebellious children," says the Lord, "who take counsel, but not of Me, and who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, that they may add sin to sin." —Isaiah 30:1 The continued neglect of the Holy Spirit by evangelical Christians is too evident to deny and impossible to justify.... It is not, … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE POWER GOD RECOGNIZES

THE HOLY SPIRIT: DEAD CHURCHES

...These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead." —Revelation 3:1 I think we are going to have to restudy this whole teaching of the place of the Holy Spirit in the … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: DEAD CHURCHES

THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE DAUNTING TASK

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.—Romans 1:16 The greatest event in history was the coming of Jesus Christ into the world to live and to die for mankind. The … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE DAUNTING TASK

THE HOLY SPIRIT: LESS THAN TRINITARIAN

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.—2 Corinthians 13:14 Our blunder (or shall we frankly say our sin?) has been to neglect the doctrine of the Spirit to a point where we virtually deny Him His place in … Continue reading THE HOLY SPIRIT: LESS THAN TRINITARIAN