I’ve been hearing many stories lately of couples having relationship problems. Now every couple has their rough patches, but I’m alarmed at the number of people considering calling it quits. I’m not going to contend that I have a perfect marriage,...
The question came up recently as to what a prophet is or at least what would constitute a prophetic gift. It can be a pretty loaded question because I believe when the modern reader sees the term prophecy they assume it to mean ‘foretelling the future.’ I...
I really enjoy apologetics and debate. I often see atheists, chief among them Richard Dawkins (although in fairness, sometimes Dawkins is really more agnostic than atheist), make an argument against God based upon evil things in the world. If you peruse over to...
Growing up I was always taught that the story of Jesus walking on water was a story about the faith or lack thereof of Peter. While faith is certainly an important part of this story, there is so much more going on that I’ve never heard spoken from a pulpit but...
You know, I find it interesting that Paul had this tendency to address idolatry. He even started a riot because he was impacting the business of idol makers. So much so that Acts 19:23-41 details a riot which sparked off as a result of his preaching against idolatry....
One of my favourite passages 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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
