In my last blog post I mentioned that we have a cultural communication bias against hearing God’s “voice”. Our culture shouts at us and God whispers. It is not simply that the subtlety of God’s communication occurs because He speaks softly, it is also the ways that He speaks softly. He does not always speak … Continue reading Opening Your Mind to Open Your Ears
One of the biggest problems we religious folk have is our jargon. Sometimes I wonder if we have any idea what we are talking about. Has it ever occurred to you that our speech might be incomprehensible to our average non-religious neighbor or co-worker? Probably not. I say “probably not” because much of the time … Continue reading What is “hearing God’s voice” anyway?”
In our last blog we looked at the dilemma we face when we suffer. Suffering demands that we choose between two apparently opposing truths about the nature of God. Logic tells us that God cannot be both all-powerful and all loving if he doesn’t intervene to stop our suffering. We turned to the story of … Continue reading Answers about Suffering
Satan is most effective in drawing us away from God when we are either being extremely blessed or experiencing real suffering. Each condition is vulnerable to a particular lie. Satan is the “father of lies”. Lying is not just in His nature, it is how he goes about separating us from our Father. Today we … Continue reading Surviving Suffering
There are a few reasons for the condition of not hearing God's voice like you used to. The first is very easy to fix. It may be that you have stopped listening in order to obey. Many of us, at times, only listen to hear what we want Him to say. It we do this … Continue reading What if I can’t hear God’s Voice like I used to?
Our post modern western culture has abandoned any concept of absolute truth. What this means is that the "rules" of evangelism are changing. To use a sports analogy, we are playing full contact football and our culture is playing soccer. We are simply not playing the same game. We are trying to sell truth to … Continue reading Truths about Truth – follow up post
The beatitudes end with this thought: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you”. Matthew 5:11-12 As Christians … Continue reading Serving Truth After It’s Expiration Date
Dear Mark, I’ve been looking for a church lately. I’ve been attending a conservative style church because of the Bible teaching the last few weeks. I’ve never been one for the crazy Charismatic services as I think the disorderliness of them Paul would have rebuked, however I’m not a Cessationist, but THIS church is entirely … Continue reading Great question
A few days after the field trip to the mall, mentioned in a blog last week, my pastor friend and I were driving to San Antonio for more meetings. On the way, we stopped at a sports bar for lunch. After we ordered, my friend asked me if I got anything from God for our … Continue reading A Waitress Encounters the Supernatural
“Our youth group needs shaking up! I want you to come and teach our youth how to hear the voice of God and then I want you to take them out in public to prophecy over strangers!” so said my pastor friend from Houston. To be honest, I was a little intimidated. I had never … Continue reading Prophetic Teenagers at a Houston Mall
Reluctantly Supernatural: In An Age of Reason 