Spiritual Power
Paul wrote that the Kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power. That sounds challenging, no? Today’s excerpt from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 118 and 119: “Looking at the overall state of affairs in the world and the Church, one might get the idea that the Kingdom of God, to whatever […]
Watch!
State of the Church: The Celtic Revival (22) Watch, for the sea is stormy and whipped up by fatal blasts, for it is not a solitary threatening wave such as, even across a silent ocean, is raised to overweening heights into the ever-foaming eddies of a hollow rock, though it swells from afar, and drives […]
Whom to Fear
Matthew 10: The First Sending (4) Pray Psalm 31.1, 2In You, O LORD, I put my trust;Let me never be ashamed;Deliver me in Your righteousness.Bow down Your ear to me,Deliver me speedily;Be my rock of refuge,A fortress of defense to save me. Sing Psalm 31.1, 2.Brother James’ Air: The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll not WantIn You, O […]
LENT: The Supremacy of Christ
Jesus is Lord over the Church and all creation, with authority to equip his Church, advance his kingdom, bring sinners into saving fellowship with God the Father, and finally establish justice and peace upon the earth.
Lest We Forget
Hosea 2:14–18 (NKJV) “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,Will bring her into the wilderness,And speak comfort to her.I will give her her vineyards from there,And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;She shall sing there,As in the days of her youth,As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. […]