I have found that many of the spiritual gifts are understood to be about the same as magic to the typical Christian, no matter their background or current beliefs. “God does something miraculous; we don’t understand how; it’s the power of God; it seems to have something to do with saying certain words; it seems to have something to do with fasting; also it has nothing to do with me, it’s all him; it’s a mystery of the Spirit…“ Might as well say, “magic” because functionally

I quote Napoleon: “History is a set of lies agreed upon.” Which version of us do you think the demons prefer? Returning to address that...

We are a bunch of rich, entitled kids. We don’t realize it; and we don’t act like it. But we should. I’ve been hearing a bunch lately...

Of the myriad of characters in the Bible, there’s one guy who gets farrrr more attention than you might say, "is due him." But the...

I have a single, simple point to make before we carry on together. I dunno how many of you have messed around with the Book of Jashar…...

Hello, brother. Hello, sister. Before we start on this one, I’d like to remember the fundamentals: That Jesus walked among us on a...

I guess Saint Augustine said everyone knows what Time is until they’re asked to define it. When I heard that, I was naturally like,...

I have a great uncle Alan in Florence, Italy, who lays hands on people to heal them. But not the way like maybe you’re thinking: people...

I was at this church in New York and the pastor was teaching a series on the beatitudes. Over a few weeks he covered the top of Matthew...

I purposefully named this trio of articles in homage to an episode of the Spielberg/Hanks series Band of Brothers , where American forces...

For my next trick, I’m gonna summarize the entire arc of human history for us in a couple bullet points. Men were created by God to exercise dominion over Satan and his rebellious angels. They handed that dominion over to Satan in Eden, who then imparted dominion to Death and Hades. For generations men looked for relief from their plight, and could see in the Spirit that One would come with the Anointing to exercise dominion, and to restore dominion to us all. That One was

The very first thing God gave to mankind in Genesis 1:26, back in the first generation when he created man in his image, was dominion. He gave them dominion and told them to subdue the earth with it, saying, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion,” over the fish, the birds, the livestock, and the creeping things. I’m gonna start directly hitting the principality that wants humanity to "long for escape from their troubles”. I don’t kno

This is a long one but, I think, worth it. I was listening to an interview where legendary psychologist Dr. Ellen Langer was describing...

Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force....

I’m paying a lot of careful attention to what Jesus did and said in the gospels and the book of Revelation because he’s the ideal model, wouldn’t you say? I’m interested in the details surrounding the way his disciples learned from him and copied him and grew in faith and effectiveness. My heart is all about increasing the effectiveness of this beautiful church, his bride. To see her become the devastating overcomer of the ruler of this world that our Father intends her to

The Lord has apparently made me attentive to details and also made me love pointing that attention to the Scriptures. In accord with that, I must emphasize this point: Every single word in Scripture was written by the Holy Spirit, speaking through men who knew how to listen, and every word of it is important and worth paying attention to. 2 Timothy 3:16 is explicit, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for train

Hi! In this season, the main topic I’ll be writing about is the authority that we have in Christ through God’s Son Jesus. I want to...