Face to Face — No Need For Media

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 I had been thinking of some of the thoughts in today’s post when I wrote my last one over at my blog, about if it’s possible...

Am I Not More To You Than…?

 Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah…He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship...

The Lion’s Call

Sitting in a froyo shop while my wife is blogging, and the thought came to me, “I haven’t blogged in some time.” What you are now reading is the simple fact that I decided to join her in the quest. It’s not that I haven’t had something to say, I have just been focusing my...

So Close, Yet So Far: Thoughts On Religious Duty

I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’  So he got up and went to his father.  But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was...

What Does It Really Mean To “Love Jesus”?

“I Love You, Lord…” ~Psalm 18.1 It’s a Friday night and five burning Gospel preachers are downtown to communicate and demonstrate the love of God to the lovers of this world. The smell of cigarettes, alcohol and perfumes mixed with the night air combined with the unique scent of cooling...

A Life of Prayer

“You can’t patch up your prayer life when you get to the judgment seat” ~Leonard Ravenhill “You can delegate many things, but prayer is not one of them.” ~A.W. Tozer “Yesterdays praying will not suffice for today.” ~E. M. Bounds “This period we are in now is a dressing room for eternity, that...

Jesus Christ the True Bridegroom

By Basilea Schlink, in her book My All For Him, published 1971 Jesus is a true Bridegroom; this is His very nature. That is why He calls Himself Bridegroom in the Scriptures. His great love desires a bride, a bridal soul. He longs fervently for her love. He looks for her to see whether she is about to come...

Regaining Sight

To speak the word “regain” is to state that the subject in view had previously been realized. In this case, the blind man asked to “regain” his sight.  He wanted to get back that which he previously had.  I believe that many modern American Christians are backslidden–meaning, they have...

Knowing God

One time Benny Hinn came to preach as a guest speaker at an Assemblies of God church in Orlando.  The pastor of the church got up to welcome the people.  His choice text was Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” As he read through the Psalm, people nodded their heads as they listened to that passage...

Jesus’ Eyes of Fire

“His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.” (Revelation 1:14,) “I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways. (Jeremiah 6:27, ESV) The concept of Jesus’ eyes of fire mentioned when the...