Have you ever seriously asked yourself what Jesus meant in John 14 wherein He is quoted to have said something like (depending upon your translation of course), “In my Father’s HOUSE there are many MANSIONS…..and I go to prepare a PLACE for you.” I used to translate that literally because that’s what I was taught. No mas! Continue reading ‘Many Mansions?’
Monthly Archive for September, 2008
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In the modern world, we have become accustomed to a lifestyle that is totally consummed by what appeals to our five senses. Hurricane Ike brought that message home loud and clear to South Texas this past weekend. Superficial external living can only take one so far, and that’s not very far at all. Continue reading ‘Superficial External Living’
Over the years I have come to the personal conclusion that why and how Jesus healed was because HE WAS LOVE, as the God is LOVE. Yes, love heals. And Jesus could say to us that greater works we would do- when we “got it”. Healing is revealing! Healing is exposing the truth that’s hidden by the lie. Continue reading ‘Jesus Healed With Love’
The U.S. government was initially established to provide for the common defense, but if you listen to either McCain or Obama today one can easily see that we’ve expanded governmental intrusions a lot deeper than the founding fathers ever planned. Unfortunately, the church isn’t too far behind- the modern God wants everyone to prosper (with things) Sunday messages. Continue reading ‘More Shouldn’t Always Be The Goal’
I still have moments when I struggle to not PRAY- as I used to. After to many years, decades actually, of being taught HOW to pray, it’s hard not to look at prayer as “something one DOES“. I am most fulfilled and one with God when I AM prayer and I am experiencing it. Continue reading ‘Experience ‘Being” Prayer’
I believe that there’s much in the Bible that is LITERAL, factual, and historical; however, I believe the most important truths that we should discover and embrace are metaphorical, allegorical, etc. When we take away the mythology, mystery, and mystique that Eastern thinking wrote (the Biblical writers were not of a Western thinking mindset), we loose so much of the richness that’s ours to inherit. Continue reading ‘The Substance of Transubstatiation’
With the many and varied GPS devices now days, one can easily get from here to there with little hassle. But, you still have to follow the instructions, and so it is with the spiritual world. How does one get from here in this physical presence into the spiritual world where amazing things happen. You have an answer? Continue reading ‘Connecting The Dots- Between Two Worlds’
Once upon a time, in a life I lived absent a lot of spiritual understanding and a meager amount of intellectual aplication, I saw God as a FATHER who somehow lived OUT THERE. I had mental pictures of this SUPER HUMAN. Most Christians hold such a view because we all feel a need for a male image to connect even though it is the female from which we come and are nourished. Continue reading ‘The Human Need For A Father’
For most of my life I was waiting for the rapture. You know, that time when some people would be driving their cars and bang! They would be “raptured” and the cars would go careening into a field, another car, or something. Can you imagine such catastrophies? Maybe that’s what 2012 is all about. Planes falling from the skies and mass hysteria everywhere you turn. Continue reading ‘Experiencing The Second Coming Of Christ’
Choosing Your Destiny
How many people would understand that when we decide upon a NAME for the Creator of the universe that we’re in all likelihood determining our destiny- to the degree that we have any control over that. A person’s NAME, the names of the Creator carry the attitude and thoughts that we ahve about such a Being. Continue reading ‘Choosing Your Destiny’