Keys of Authority
In Matthew 16 (and chapter 18) we find a verse that is easy to stumble over because it refers to some rather peculiar things we might think impossible. Matthew 16:19 says, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have...
Protection
Scripture reading: Job 1:6-22 About a year ago, we took a weekend away in St. Augustine to tour the Castillo de San Marcos. If you have not been there, it is definitely worth touring at least once. It is a landmark in this country’s history. Let me set this stage for...
Revival
One summer while in graduate school I was volunteering one weekend a month in Nashville, Tennessee as a chaplain. A few times I would take the back roads to bypass heavy traffic or construction, and I would pass a number of churches along the way. Invariably one of...
A Primer on Sanctification
Romans 6:10-15 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey...
Temptation Revisited
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (NASB) When...
Using Our God-Given Talents
Ephesians 4:11-13 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the...
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