Sleeping With the Enemy
A few years back, there was a movie introduced with this title. It told the story of a young woman being held captive in an abusive relationship and of her attempts to escape. The parallels and comparisons to much of today’s western church are really quite remarkable – with one important exception.
[ Read the full Article ]Offensive & Unpopular
In the last installment of this series you were given the opportunity to view one of the most popular video clips ever posted at tangle.com. So, in the interest of keeping things “fair and balanced,” I want to present you with one that falls at the other end of the spectrum.
[ Read the full Article ]Deception In The Ranks: A Little Leaven
This is the second installment of the series on deception in the church today. My original intent was to present you with a single post and highlight a few sacred cows that seem to be fairly commonplace in churches, however, it grew to be such a large article that I’ve decided to split it up.
[ Read the full Article ]Spiritual or Soulish: Deception in the Ranks
Ready to slaughter some sacred cows? For some time now, I’ve been observing how many of today’s “christians” have willingly swallowed the deception that is rampant in today’s world. And, for the most part, the church has been the first to belly up to the trough. There are exceptions, of course, but they’re getting harder [...]
[ Read the full Article ]A Few Rules of Engagement
There is one area of the Christian life that I notice many of us encounter real difficulty. And I believe a lot of this difficulty stems from a combination of bad teaching and our own misconceptions.
[ Read the full Article ]A Double Edged Attack
Over the past few weeks, some of those closest to me have been caught up in what has been revealed to be a two-pronged attack by the enemy. The attack itself began, as it almost always does, very subtly and almost unnoticed. Building into a major battle. I want to spend a few minutes exploring [...]
[ Read the full Article ]A Different Kind of Fight
Over the course of the past few weeks I’ve been following the stories of 2 men who recently had the good fortune to attend one of the Ransomed Heart’s boot camps hosted by John Eldredge. Both of them have been freely sharing the changes that they are undergoing as a result of this experience. To [...]
[ Read the full Article ]Lifting A Veil, Part 2
Being on Bob Larson’s mailing list, I get frequent updates on his ministry as well as announcements of his travel schedule and conference events.
[ Read the full Article ]Stand Still, And See
Exodus 14:13 – And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will show to you today: … A little over a year ago, we had gotten the bad news that a dear family member was diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis was not good [...]
[ Read the full Article ]And These Signs……
Mark 16:17 – And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Patrick had first come into our lives about 2 years ago. Visiting us at the dealership we worked in, he was in need of a new car. Over the course [...]
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