The Good, the Better and the Best

 

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in…

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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…

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Election Leftovers, A Continuing Look

We are experiencing a huge spiritual conflict taking place across the country. There is no question that it is being fueled by backroom dissidents whose only goal is to finance, and keep the country in, conflict and chaos. It's too well organized to escape notice. There are professional sign makers at work having been paid by hidden sources…

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Present political and judicial announcements demand a response. It’s Our Time to Take a Stand. It’s all about today. Today leadership on every level has been compromised, failed and betrayed us. Today it’s our time to act in terms of who and what we really are. Listen to Jeremiah:

“Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. They will fight…

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Let’s do a short review. Spiritual gifts are given for a purpose. They are the means to an end,”…to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Eph.4:12-13).”…

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Lent 6 Flatlands to Mountains, the Third Temptation



As I write this I am sitting in the midst of a mountain range and the Scripture comes to mind, “I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help? My help cometh from the Lord who hath made Heaven and earth.”



The third temptation finds Jesus being taken up on an ”exceedingly high mountain.” The devil’s subtle technique is to make us think that we can be on top of the world if we can find the highest place,… Continue

(For God does speak---now one way, now another---though man may not perceive it. Elihu in Job 33:14)





Before we take on the subject of God’s languages we need to go to the heart of language and that is its source. That source is God who created everything. The very fact of language is that it is originally a living message spoken by God to convey Himself. It is He who speaks in a way that makes sense out of everything we see and can’t see. When He speaks it is He alone who… Continue