Transformation

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Do We Really Want New Life? May 16, 2021 There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus noticed him lying there , knowing that he had been in that condition a long time (38 years), He said to…
Timeless Safety in Him Nov 25, 2018 Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.~Thomas Watson Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of…
No, The Grass Is Not Greener. Not Anywhere Jul 14, 2018 The desire for possessions is dangerous and terrible, knowing no satiety; it drives the soul which it controls to the heights of evil. ~Abba Isidore of Pelusia When the poor and needy seek water, and there…
The DreamLife of Missionaries Feb 9, 2018 I am afraid of only one thing—that I should become a grain of wheat not willing to die. ~Young Missionary Girl The reason why the crowd went to meet Him was that they heard He had…
The Bible: Translation in The Right Direction Apr 25, 2017 See God’s Word is strange. Is peculiar. It’s a higher kind of thought world. We can’t simply translate it without remainder into mere human speech. Rather, think of the word now, “to translate” – it means…
The Bondservant’s Advantage Apr 12, 2017 In what strange quarries and stoneyards the stones for the celestial wall are being hewn! Out of the hillsides of humiliated pride; deep in the darkness of crushed despair; in the fretting and dusty atmosphere of…
The Creeping Panic of Isolation Dec 31, 2016 Unlovely, nay frightful, is the solitude of the soul which is without God in the world—this chill, houseless, fatherless, aimless Cain, the man who hears only the sound of his own footsteps in God’s resplendent creation.…
The Failed Power of Reason Sep 20, 2016 Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.~Martin Luther, 1483-1546 There shall come forth a Shoot from the stump of Jesse, and…
Utterly Convinced Apr 27, 2016 Speculations? I have none. I am resting certainties. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which have committed unto him against that day.~ Michael Faraday Therefore do…
Real Food: Doing The Father’s Will Apr 1, 2015 I end with a blessing from Larry Hine, Brennan Manning’s spiritual director, who delivered this benediction at Manning’s ordination service: May all of your expectations be frustrated, May all of your plans be thwarted, May all…
High-Performance Is A Spiritual Issue Dec 17, 2014 What deep mysteries are contained in the Lord’s Prayer. How many and great they are! They are expressed in a few words, but they are rich in spiritual power so that nothing is left out; every…
Growth And Maturation in Christ May 27, 2014 What you are learning in life in every single situation is how to rise up. You are learning how to occupy your rightful place. You are learning how to go through every set of circumstances in…
Just One Story… (He does these things) Dec 6, 2011 Orthodoxy without obedience does not yield renewal. But fully yielding to the Truth brings radical transformation. My life is proof of that. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above,…