When Tears Appear, the Spirit is Near
Here’s a new one for you . . . when tears appear, the Spirit is near. Ok, it’s not in the Bible. My words, not His. But it’s my experience. Let me explain. And don’t…
People Are More Committed to Their Own Ideas Than to Yours
If you want to get someone behind an idea, help them come to it themselves. They never resist their own ideas but they’ll almost always resist yours. I believe this is why God came up…
The Holy Spirit (Part 2)
On Monday, I explained how I’ve experienced the Holy Spirit. I used the analogy of the cellular network and how becoming a Christian activates the SIM card in our spirits, enabling God the Father to…
The Holy Spirit (Part 1)
Have we forgotten about the third person of the Godhead? Seems like it sometimes. Why? Because we can’t explain Him easily. Jesus? He is God’s son. ‘God in a bod.’ Not a simple paradigm but…
Knowing All You’re Supposed To
I don’t know about you, but every now and then, I get hung up on something and struggle to get by it. Sometimes, it’s a theological question, like if God is all good where did…
“God Told Me”
There’s a little twinge in my spirit when I hear the words “God told me” come out of someone’s mouth (including my own). Did He? Does He? How do you know it was God? What’s…
Guilt, Conviction, and Freedom
After watching 10 episodes of The Staircase on Netflix, my wife and I feel like lawyers. Or jurors. We’ve been schooled in the difference between “guilty” and “not guilty” and a lot of other legal…
When You Lose Your Belief
There’s a finite amount of belief in a person. You can’t create more belief. You can move your belief around, believe more of one thing and less of another, but each human has a unique…
Three Phases of the Christian Life
I see three phases in the lives of Christians. The first begins when someone “gets serious about their faith” or “comes to Christ” or “becomes genuinely aware” of God in their hearts” or “gets saved”…
A Faith of Your Own
I’ve had a burr in my saddle for a while. I feel it every time a church service ends with an altar call . . . when folks are asked to become Christians. The words…
