theology
Confidence & Assurance With God
There is a way in which to live the Christian life that results in a strong sense of consistent inner assurance that things are well between you and God. There ...
Read More When Deception Is Loosed
The noise around us is getting louder. It is also becoming more rapidly paced in its release toward us. Our ears, minds and emotions are under a consistent barrage of ...
Read More Getting Off the Fence
Have you ever straddled a fence for so long that you get splinters in your backside? I’m speaking figuratively of course, because I grew up in the suburbs and we ...
Read More Why The Gifts of The Spirit?
After God saved me in the Summer of 1994, I immediately began to proclaim everything that I knew (which was not much!) about Jesus to anyone who would listen. I ...
Read More My Personal Journey With The Holy Spirit
With the launch of New Bridge Church last month, many have wondered how I, as a Baptist minister, arrived at the place of leading our church into a journey that ...
Read More A Preface To My Sermon Series On Spiritual Gifts
So many among God’s people are sensing some difficult-to-define rumblings taking place. God’s divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, as stated in ...
Read More An Uncluttered Approach To Truth
“You are not thinking long enough nor hard enough about this, Jeff.” So came the words from a person whom I trust and love. His commitment to Christ is unquestionable ...
Read More A Folk Song & God’s Sovereignty
There is a plane somewhere in the air right now which will eventually make its way to the Atlanta airport. On that plane is a seat reserved for me and ...
Read More ENCOUNTER: Omnipresent ≠ Omni-presiding
Going through the Scripture and pondering the lives of those on its pages, I am seeing with fresh eyes how powerful changes were wrought in people after their personal encounters ...
Read More Love Fangs
The pressure is not imaginary. As a matter of fact it has been imposing its squeeze on us for so long now that you may no longer feel its discomfort. ...
Read More The World Didn’t End…Yet
The world didn't end this morning and if you are reading after the end of 12/21/12 then you can breathe a sigh of relief that the Mayans got it all ...
Read More The Rumor Is Absolutely True
You are not good enough. You are not educated enough. You are not experienced enough, skilled enough, or holy enough. It's not found in the depth of your prayer life ...
Read More What’s Your God’s Name?
I used to like to hide from God. Somewhere along the way I picked up the notion that I had God summed up fairly well and I could cram Him ...
Read More Reckless Grace: A Real Danger
Yesterday afforded me the opportunity to dialogue with three men whom I've come to love and respect. Speaking primarily on Kingdom matters coupled with deep issues of the human heart, ...
Read More Two Things We Don’t Always Believe
From about the age of fourteen to the age of twenty-four I was on a quest. Looking for something solid to believe in, I spent those years dabbling in anything ...
Read More The Excessive, Exploited Conscience
Has God given you a heart sensitive to your sin? Most people in our world have a moral barometer and know the difference between right and wrong. They live out ...
Read More Is A Revival Something You Attend?
A few years back I mentioned to Mr. David Price, a dear friend in England, that I was going to "preach a revival" in another state. The communication was through ...
Read More Budding Scientist Or Future Theologian?
The unassuming prophet! Standing at just a tad under four feet tall, armed with a pair of super-powered binoculars and determined to discover something remarkable, Landon approached me with a ...
Read More Sovereignty: Blogging The Biggie
Last week my son and daughter went with a group to a local wildlife ranch. Deer, mountain lions, beavers, peacocks and a host of assorted critters were there in close ...
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