Image via author, Ice Lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon In our last post on true faith, we learned that Paul says works without faith is dead. James says faith without works is dead, but faith that produces obedience is a justifying faith. How shall we measure the truth of our faith? We can do so against …
Image via author, White Cloud Peaks, Idaho The writer of Hebrews stated that "...without faith it is impossible to please God...." But how shall we understand the nature of true faith? Some argue that faith requires no action, that belief in the facts is sufficient to count as true faith. These will point to Romans …
Image via author, Emigrant Wilderness, Sierra Nevada In the previous post entitled, "I'm Hatin' Life Right Now," I posed this question: "What would bring people to “hate this life,” meaning to forsake all to be inhabited fully by His life?" And the answer is love. "When one gives oneself over to loving our God above …
Isaiah the prophet records the promise of our God to speak to His true followers. We find this in Isaiah 55, “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in …
Image via Author, Bighorn Range, Wyoming. That our God speaks to His people, to those who hearts are fully committed to Him, is a theme that runs through the scriptures. Adam and Eve, Cain, Enoch, and Noah are notable examples in the ancient times recorded early in Genesis. These are not people who occasionally heard …
Image via Author, Bighorn Range, Wyoming Our God intends to have conversational communion with us in which He will reveal important things to us. In this conversational communion we can speak to our God about lives and daily living in simple, easy language, and Jesus will also speak to us. It is truly a two-way …
If you asked the average Christian what the features of a disciple of Christ are, you would most likely hear answers like these (hat tip to Gene Edwards for this list): Go to church.Read and study the BiblePray Hang out with other ChristiansDepending on what stripe, tell others about Jesus, work for peace and justice, speak …
There is an old saying; “It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters.” And nowhere in the affairs of the human race is this more true than for those who seek to be true disciples of Jesus Christ. Our God has made this clear repeatedly in the scriptures. In the previous two …
Continuing from the previous "Letting Go" post. Paul writes often about our life as a Christian, a disciple of Jesus Christ, in terminology that makes it clear show life it really is. Romans 8:10 - “But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of …
I have been having a surprising number of conversations with people regarding the new covenant life we have in Christ as He lives His life in us. At least six separate conversations this week. People are hungry for the truth of our new covenant life in Christ. Why are so many becoming hungry to learn …
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