Let every portion be read over at least three times. The great poison of our conversation with divine things is superficiality. When we read anything and understand it somewhat, we think that this is enough. No, we must give it [...]
Producing fruit requires action. But it is not the action of frenzied spiritual activity, putting notches on my evangelism six-shooter or counting the number of verses memorized, Bible chapters studied, or church services attended. Yes, God wants us to "bear [...]
"The grace of the Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus" (I Tim. 1:14). The very moment we were birthed by the Holy Spirit and baptized into the body of Christ (I Cor. 12:13), [...]
One of the saddest states that modern believers come to is brought about by their trying to 'make it all work,' trying to put the various religious ideas and doctrines together so that they fit into the believer's personality and [...]
Let us get it crystal clear in our hearts and mind that the only Person who ever lived the Christian life was Jesus Christ, and the only Person that God ever intended to live the Christian life was Jesus Christ. [...]
Jesus said that He was the "Bread of Life." He also said: "I am the true bread which came down from heaven" The world still looks on, and of Christ and the Word of God they are saying, "What is [...]
The true Christian life, which begins with a supernatural transition, consists and continues in a supernatural transfusion. The very life and nature of Christ are transfused into the innermost being of the Christian believer by the Holy Spirit. Thus our [...]
God's grace was so effective that the Macedonians didn't only give a financial gift "but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us" (II Corinthians 8:5). Their response to grace was absolute [...]
The core of Christianity is not theology. It is a Person, a Being of agape love, a love that is incomprehensible to the finite mind. It took me years to work my way through the mazes of conflicting evangelical theologies, [...]
The often-repeated prepositional phrases "in Christ," "in Him," , and "in the beloved" all mean that our soul is in union with God. They indicate that we are right now "alive in Christ." Every aspect of Christian ministry is dependent [...]