Although this teaching will, in general, examine all the supernatural gifts of Holy Spirit mentioned in the New Testament, specifically, I will address the matter of speaking in tongues in more detail—because that is what I have been asked by some of my readers to do: focus some teaching about the supernatural gift of speakingContinue reading “Gifts of the Holy Spirit”
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Forgive!
Anything in your life you need forgiveness for? Anyone you need to forgive? Anything in your own life you need to forgive yourself for? Some people don’t even believe in forgiveness, feeling it’s a sign of moral and emotional weakness. Some people feel if someone else has done something to harm them, they need toContinue reading “Forgive!”
Fire!
I find a very serious and disturbing incongruity among most followers of Jesus when it comes to the subject of fire as taught in the Bible. Here’s why… If people are Bible-believing followers of Jesus, the concept of fire in the life of the believer goes something like this: God uses fire (“spiritual” fire, notContinue reading “Fire!”
Faith
Beyond our five senses, beyond our mind, beyond our own thoughts, beyond our consciousness or subconsciousness . . . lies an inner, limitless expanse of faith “residing” in our human spirits. What is faith? How many definitions of faith have you read or heard in your life? Confusing, isn’t it? I’m not going to springContinue reading “Faith”
Divorce and Remarriage
Down through almost 24 centuries of time echoes this exclamation by God: I hate divorce!” That statement (found in Malachi 2: 16) troubled me for many years. Why would God make such a statement? First, you need to read the statement in its context; God made the statement remonstrating Israelite men who had literally divorcedContinue reading “Divorce and Remarriage”
Death Died Today
Many years ago, a fellow follower of Jesus whom I deeply loved and highly respected, handed me a typed, mimeographed manuscript (are you old enough to remember mimeographed papers?) he had recently written; he wanted me to read it and let him know what I thought of it. Upon reading his manuscript the first time,Continue reading “Death Died Today”
The Christmas Story
The following is a contemporary English version of the Bible’s Christmas story, designed to be read aloud (serially or at one sitting) to children of all ages during the Christmas season. If you choose to read it serially, please read a portion each day for about a week, ending theContinue reading “The Christmas Story”
Change Your Mind
change: to cause to become different; alter; transform; a radical transmutation of one’s character or core nature. “You better change your mind, young man, or you’re going to be in serious trouble!” was shouted at me by my mother who was chasing me after I had done something wrong; I don’t recall for certain, butContinue reading “Change Your Mind”
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
In the mid-twentieth century, a worldwide phenomenon called “The Charismatic Renewal” began almost simultaneously in three locations: Seattle, Washington, New York City, and at Notre Dame University in Indiana in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s—and continues to this day. Those events were preceded by a similar event a generation or so earlier that began duringContinue reading “Baptism in the Holy Spirit”
72 Hours of History
Dear Reader, we’ve been “sold a bill of goods” which we’ve “swallowed hook, line, and sinker.” Those are antiquated terms, but it’s true: we’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, and flim-flammed—the victims of a seemingly innocent, but serious, falsehood foisted upon hundreds of millions of believers in Jesus for almost 1,700 years! What in the world amContinue reading “72 Hours of History”
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