Spiritual warfare does NOT deal with super-Christians running around telling devils what to do. Such antics gain you attention in word of faith cults, but have no place in the church. I’ll never forget wandering into a chapel one night in Bagram, Afghanistan on my way home on leave, and listening to a young man (and woman) teach a how-to class on becoming a spiritual warrior. I endured for ...  Read More

   Psalm 37:4 reads, “Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” You know, when I was first brought to faith I thought I knew what I wanted from the Lord. I came with a list of things in my heart like a child’s Christmas wish list. I’m very glad that God did not give me all I asked for.     I think that this promise from the Psalms means something else the...  Read More

On 1 Jun, Ken M. asked:           I want to accept Jesus but I think I might have performed an unforgivable sin. I once took part in something called the blasphemy challenge where a bunch of people blasphemed and denied the Holy Spirit. I said, "I Kenneth, in accordance with Mark 3:28-30, Matthew 12:30-32, and Luke 12:8-10, deny and blaspheme against the Holy Spirit whose works are common and of t...  Read More

          On 4 Jun, Clint H. asked:          “I have a question regarding the Sacraments/Communion…My two roommates and I hold a Bible study and fellowship night every Friday at our house. [Someone] stated that we should hold communion at our home. Both myself and my roommates hold severe reservations about "just doing Communion" at our Friday night events. I could not clearly articulate, at first...  Read More

 “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him,” 2 Corinthians 5:21.           The doctrine of imputation is a theological term explaining how a Christian actually receives forgiveness for sin. It is where we draw our assurances from regarding the universe altering glories of justification. Those who are saved receive a complete pardon. Let...  Read More

    Regeneration is another word for the new birth. I believe that regeneration is best described in John 3:8 when Jesus says that it’s like the wind. “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”           There are three analogies drawn for us in Scripture that encapsulate the or...  Read More