by isaac | May 2, 2014 | Insights
One of my favourite passagesĀ in the bible is Luke 10:1-24 because it shows an entirely different side of Christ: he is overjoyed at the success of his disciples. Today I learned that Jessica, whom started as a secretary in a Chinese NGO around the same time I did,...
by isaac | Apr 10, 2014 | Insights
I was at a charismatic conference recently where Bill Johnson (once again the pastor from Redding, not my father) was one of the speakers. Not being charismatic myself I had never really bothered to look into what Johnson teaches so it came as a shock when I heard...
by isaac | Apr 3, 2014 | Insights
So I’m sitting in a missions meeting the other night and I hear one of the leaders go on about a “rhema spirit” and thought “hmm… that’s a new one for me, what on earth is she talking about.” It’s apparently some more...
by isaac | Mar 12, 2014 | Insights
The question comes up often, and I’ve wrestled with it myself on occasion: “is God in fact good?” Here are a few reasons why I do in fact believe God to be good. None of them are especially comforting if you’ve had something bad happen to you,...
by isaac | Mar 6, 2014 | Insights
So a while ago I talked about craving pure spiritual milk as seen in 1 Peter 2, this week we talk a bit about graduating to spiritual food. You see reciting fundamental truths is great, but eventually you need to graduate a bit and begin eating solid spiritual food....