At five fifteen this morning I reached over to the notepad next to my bed to quickly scribble down the dream I just had. It was one of those that needed recording right away. I dreamt I saw a fat python in a shrub moving toward its prey. Being an amateur naturalist, I quickly reached…
Recently, I was sitting outside in the garden just chilling while I soaked up the sun. I noticed a beautiful butterfly fluttering about, stopping at various flowers to eat. Suddenly, out of nowhere a praying mantis snatched it and started feasting. Having never seen this happen I jumped up to get a closer look. It…
We are all familiar with some of the key verses in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The fruit of the spirit vs. the works of the flesh, being set free for freedom, not using our freedom to indulge our sinful nature and Paul’s well known exclamation: “You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you!” Traditionally these…
How we teach, understand and apply Scripture is fundamental to the Christian life. Many practices we see in the Christian church today are founded on really questionable interpretations of Scripture, and therefore do not bring us into the liberty Jesus calls us to, but bondage. Over the years, I have heard many different teachings on…
I have heard it taught many places that the Law, as in the law of the Old Covenant, given under the leadership of Moses by God, is split up into 3 parts: There is the moral law, the ceremonial law and the civil law. The moral law is the Ten Commandments, the Ceremonial Law is…
Have you noticed how your worldview affects your interpretation of things? Certainly in my case, I have seen how the revelation of peace with God and his good intentions toward man because of Jesus are changing the way I understand the Bible. If it is true that God is perfect and cannot contradict himself, then…
The last 4 years of my life have been spent largely in retraining my mind: Since I started listening to Rob Rufus’ message on the Grace of God, I have been in a non stop process of seeing Truth revealed and then re-aligning my thinking. So many (probably most) of my assumptions about things have…