Beware of Powerless Christians
The Apostle Paul warned us to stay away from Christians who do not recognize the power of God.
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"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better."
Short readings to walk with through the week: one idea at a time, drawn from the themes.
The Apostle Paul warned us to stay away from Christians who do not recognize the power of God.
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Your spiritual gift is from God. There is no doubt about that.
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When we receive what seem like "negative" revelations about "bad things" that might happen, we might wonder if these revelations came from the devil; but the devil cannot give what he does not…
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Have you ever known something was going to happen before it actually happened?
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The Gospel is the most important message ever delivered to us. Life without the Gospel has no lasting meaning, but a life devoted to the Gospel message is filled with meaning, significance, and…
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The message of salvation produces converts. But the full Gospel makes disciples!
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“but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”—1…
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Throughout Jesus’ ministry, He focused on meeting the needs of the people He encountered. When He sent His disciples out to minister in His name, He directed them to do the same.
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The full Gospel includes the Truth about eternal judgment that each of us will face.
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The full Gospel also includes complete freedom from sin. We are not only freed from the penalty of sin, but we are also freed from the desire to sin.
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an essential part of the Gospel message. It was being declared by John the Baptist even before Jesus began His earthly ministry.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ shows us the way of salvation, but the Gospel is much, much more than that. The Gospel shows us—not just the way of salvation—but the Way of Life. In the Gospel, we…
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The Gospel message of Jesus Christ is not words only. The full Gospel that the Bible teaches comes with the power of God.
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Forgetting the Past and Moving into Your Purpose eBook →
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How to Fail as a Missionary eBook → The same teaching, read aloud: for the commute, the walk, and the quiet hour.
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"Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
I spent my career as a professional educator, with over 30 years of experience in public education, but that’s not why I write.
Since I was in my 20s, I have journaled insights that came to me as a read the Bible or other books. I still have a drawer full of spiral notebooks filled with ideas insights, trains of thought, and study notes.
In my later years, I have been sharing some of these trains of thought that I feel might be of interest to others. I especially have a desire to provide good quality resources to people in cultures outside of the American, English-speaking, Christian culture.
I was inspired to do this partly because of a visit to a very large, multi-story bookstore in Berlin, Germany. In contrast to the American Christian culture, where whole bookstore chains are devoted to Christian resources, in this bookstore, (after quite a bit of searching,) I found the Christian book shelf (not section) lumped in with every other religion. On that Christian bookshelf, there were three Bibles and a smattering of what might loosely be called “Christian” books with plenty of room to spare on the shelf.
That was it!
How could anyone really develop their knowledge and progress in the Christian faith if that was all they had access to?
(Ok, stepping off of my soapbox now.)
As a teacher, I understand that people learn in a variety of ways, through a variety of media, techniques, approaches and presentation methods. My goal is to communicate timeless principles of Truth and Wisdom in the most effective means possible, in a variety of formats, in order to maximize the benefit for each individual who may be engaged in the content.
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Ultimately, I’d like to think that I am helping to equip, enable, and empower you to fulfill your unique purpose in life. (Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but that’s what I aspire to.)
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