Does Our Freezer Need Emptying?

Hearkening back to our discussion on strongholds there are lots of ways strongholds can appear.  A close look at Paul’s words in 2^nd Corinthians 12:7-10 about his thorn in the flesh and Romans 7:7-25, about his sinful condition, tells us an awful lot about strongholds.  As we have already said quite a few times, strongholds are attitudes and attitudes are spiritual reactions to circumstances that cause our minds to find a way to handle them. …

Wisdom, the Work of the Spirit

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better (Eph.1:17).”

When we are talking about strongholds, we are describing man’s wisdom.  It’s the way man, apart from God, devises his own way to deal with right and wrong.  Going back to the original problem in Genesis 3, we see Eve tempted to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and…

It’s a Matter of Attitude

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you’re doing (1Th.5:11).”

Why do we think the things we do, do the things we do, feel the feelings we do and see other people the way we do?  It’s a past something, an impress being relived in the present.  It’s our heart’s conditioning after we have had some experience that was pleasant or one that hurt us or one that…

Earthquakes, Tremors and Aftershocks

California is the focal point when discussing earthquakes. There have been some devastating ones in that state. The one in 1989 seems to be the most talked about what with its collapsing overpasses and damaged housing. The topic there is the ‘Big One’ that has yet to come. Movies like San Andreas Fault, wildly imaginative though they may be, only build a certain expectation of disaster at any moment. In talking with some of the people out…

Time to Rock and Role

Bill Haley and the comets created a social earthquake in the youth culture in 1955 when he introduced his hit ‘rock and roll’ song called Rock Around the Clock in the movie Blackboard Jungle. That movie actually galvanized the idea of an already thriving phenomenon, the street gang. It…

Earthquakes and Their Tremors

One of the great tremors still causing us to feel the earthquakes arising from the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, is prayer. Everything personal between God and man before those…

Proof of Life, The Earthquakes

I can’t let go of the earthquake. Earthquakes get your attention. But the earthquake Matthew records earns, no not earns, rather, demands our personal attention. Especially this earthquake, the physical earthquake, this particular earthquake. It changed the way…

Two Earthquakes

In last year’s college playoff game Clemson beat Alabama in the last play of the game. It was not expected and totally a shock, especially to Alabama fans. There was an earthquake in the sports world. The same was true a few years ago when little Appalachian State in North…

Resurrection; It Just Makes You Think a Whole New Way

Recently I discovered a lapel button someone had given me to wear. It read, “Made in America with 100% Norwegian parts.” Actually, that was true. My family on both sides go way back in Norway. When I was very young my mother and father mentioned their past old country…

The Meaning of the Resurrection --- Keystone

Two psychiatrists walking down a hall in opposite directions. Each said good morning to the other and as they passed, each thought, “I wonder what he meant by that?” That pretty much sums up human experience. Without God we see everything about us, people, national and local issues, broken families, hurting individuals, and the world in chaos. Everyone to one degree or other is passing by and saying ‘I wonder what is really happening here?’…

The following was found in the billfold of Coach Paul Bear Bryant after he died in 1982:

The Magic Bank Account…

Seeing is Believing

You’ve heard the saying “Seeing is believing.” For disciples of Jesus “Believing is seeing.” Spiritual sight trumps physical sight. Actually both work through belief if the Creator is viewed as the source of physical sight. The actions of the body are directed either by…

What’s Behind the Curtains?

When someone has a house built for them windows are important. They let us see the outside world and they let in the light. But sometimes the light is too bright and the windows too plain looking so we cover them with either drapes or curtains. In fact we tend to…

Epi.32 To See or Not to See, That is the Question

If you have ever been out in a boat offshore in a fog in the middle of the night it can be downright scary out there. That’s true especially if you’re in an outgoing tide and the currents tends to carry you crossways. You listen for sounds,…

Epi.31 Faith to the Finish

Many years ago it was considered important for upper class young ladies to get their education at a ‘finishing school.’ There they were trained in the homemaking skills, sewing, cooking, manners and the higher literary pursuits. After ‘finishing school’ it was on…

Time to Get the Job Done

The four Gospels present the many appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection. In John it was first to Mary Magdalene at the tomb and then to ten disciples, then later to the Ten plus Thomas, then again to the disciples by the lake (Jn.20-21).…

The Lord’s Supper, His Personal Lifestyle for Each Believer

In the Last Supper (Luke 22:14-20) Jesus said and did five things:

First, He took the cup…

Epi.30 That’s What It’s All About

Several years ago we were in Slovenia. Slovenia was the southernmost province in the old Yugoslavia. We traveled to an incredibly beautiful little town at the end of a valley surrounded on three sides by the Alps, Lake Bohinj (Bokin). While we were there we were told that a chamber music…

Epi.28 Some People Just Have “It”

No matter what the field of endeavor, there are those that have ‘it.’ Sports, music, the arts, speaking, business and so on, draw your attention when one figure stands out. There are many who know the mechanics and some who are naturally skilled that make a…

Do you have the 'it' factor?  Do you have what 'it' takes?  That something in people that drives them.  Today's theme is a challenge to me and you.  Take a look.  ><>W