Category Archives: Intimacy with God

Which comes first, the blessing of the Lord or the favor of the Lord? Enabled by grace, we believed and experienced the blessing of…

There are two groups in every church, a third entering the church looking for God, and hopefully a holy fourth. The first group is…

Here is the shocking truth – God has no grandchildren. Even if your mother was a saint, and your father a preacher, your grandfather…

Some folks recall some life-bending moment in which God became real to them, a time of difficulty when they became open to faith. “I…

Some folks base their salvation on emotion. “I am sure I am saved because – I feel saved … I had a riveting spiritual…

The Corinthian Church was spiritual – how could they not be Christians? Tongues and the prophetic were prevalent. And yet, sadly, fornication was also…

We are now plagued with performance-driven superficial worship events. “Everyone on your feet, with your hands together, for Jesus!” It is like being at…

The Cartesian-Kantian split between thought and experience [1] affects theology and faith practice in profound ways. It allows us to be pedantic, debating an…

“No other gods” is a call for an exclusive relationship with Yahweh. There is “none like Him.” The search for other gods turns faith…

Union is the bond that enables the harmonious music called unity. The mindset of our culture, in contrast, is fiercely autonomous and independent. The…

The moral shock suffered by us through our mighty break with the high will of heaven has left us all with a permanent trauma…

Adam and Eve were created for intimacy with God and one another. The discipline to resist the desirable, but forbidden fruit, was the one…