"And do not be conformed to this world..." -from Romans 12:2 (NASB) "redeeming the time, because the days are evil." -Ephesians 5:16 (KJV) A brother in Christ that I know once received a word about legalism and licentiousness being ditches on either side of the road. I hope I am recalling the details correctly, but … Continue reading Worldliness
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Lord of the Sabbath
"Therefore don't let anyone judge you in regard to food or drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or sabbaths. These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah." -Colossians 2:16-17 "One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every … Continue reading Lord of the Sabbath
Lenses and Images
It is not clear to me that I am in a place right now where I can say something other than what I need to hear myself. I am preaching things I need to get myself. I was once having a conversation with with someone about the need for truths known in the head to … Continue reading Lenses and Images
Rhema
"So, faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." - Romans 10:17 Another translation renders it, "...what is heard comes through the message about Christ." The Greek for "word" is not "logos" here, but "rhema". Personally, what this verse means to me is that I am made able to hear by God … Continue reading Rhema