Peace
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Black Riders and the Battle in Our Minds
We live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards; for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Cor.… Continue reading
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Why Peace Means War
Why, we may ask, do leading peace advocates such as Martin Luther King, Ghandi and Jesus get murdered? Why, from the earliest days of Christianity, has the same fate befallen countless others who were simply committed to peace and doing good to everyone? The simple answer is that in a world such as ours, peace… Continue reading
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Why Have Even Christians Had Faith in Violence?
As we close out 2021 let us reflect on the contrast of the angels’ Christmas greeting, “peace on earth, good will to all,” with how the year began i.e. even professing Christians violently storming the capitol building of the United States. In my last post we saw that Jesus perfectly reveals God’s nature. He did… Continue reading
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A New Revelation of God!
As a Carribean hurricane wipes out every shanty in its path, so the New Testament destroys all previous conceptions of God. That is not to say that there was never any understanding of God before Christ came. Confucius, the Stoics and indeed all religions everywhere no doubt have some revelation of God’s glory and beauty.… Continue reading
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Jesus in the Dark
A number of years ago a friend asked me to visit a woman dying of cancer in the hospital. Her sickness had begun as breast cancer, and now an ugly, tell-tale purple blotch crept from the top of her night gown to her shoulder. Chemotherapy had robbed her of all her hair. As I approached… Continue reading
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A Little Lower than God! Part 6: Cooperating with the Spirit
(Previous) The most exciting part of the Gospel is often understated, that is, that the cross and its accompanying forgiveness were a means to an end and not the end itself. The purpose for which Jesus died was that God’s Spirit could fully inhabit human beings once again. This is the great truth of Pentecost.… Continue reading
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A Lesson When God Spoke Peace to Me
Recently in prayer I imagined that God was saying something like the following: “Whatever you do, do in peace. In a peaceful state of mind you will have the opportunity to look to God for confirmation that you’re on the right track. A hurried, hectic spirit is distracted by the pressures. It cannot hear. The… Continue reading