The Unity of the Spirit

Paul says, “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the...

Out of Eden: The Reason Why We Die

Without The Tree of Life, We Are Not Immortal The nature of progressive revelation is that it progresses.  Sometimes our understanding of a doctrine in the Bible grows deeper or the breadth of our grasp of a subject is widened through the Holy Spirit revealing...

The Rapture: Harmonizing Differing Viewpoints

God’s Method of Moving People Around When trying to understand any doctrine it is good to stand back and gain God’s perspective.  As I mentioned in some of my previous essays understanding Gods word is often hindered by a type of scriptural myopia...

Spiritual Love

The Only Real Love Is From Above    Let’s talk about Spiritual Love.  I capitalize Spiritual Love simply because this type of love is a real and divine thing.  Many talk about different Greek words for love, but only tasting it for ourselves...

The Gift of Suspicion

The 10th Gift Of The Spirit I would like to add one more gift to the list of the nine gifts of the Spirit.  It is the gift of suspicion.  This gift is prevalent in the Christian church and is used almost more than any other spiritual gift. The really neat...

Walking in the Spirit

Let’s take a walk in the Spirit What is walking in the Spirit?  What does it really mean to be Spirit led and how does one do it?  These questions are not easily answered, because walking in the Spirit is an experience rather than a set of rules or principles....

The Challenge for Tabernacle Theologians

Everything Needs A Firm Foundation When you built a structure in ancient times you needed many different types of craftsmen. A particularly important type of craftsmen was a stonemason. They were responsible for cutting out the stones from the native rock and shaping...

True Prophets, We Have to Try

“As true prophets, we have to try, defeat is only inevitable if we do nothing.”   The Christian Church possess vast amounts of inertia.  Just like Newton’s first law of motion, the direction of the church will not change unless an...

When It Is Your Time To Walk On Water

Walk On Water On an angry sea named Galilee a group of frightened men, near exhaustion, labored in vain to reach safety.  The disciples felt cold, wet, and feared greatly for their lives. What happened next Just then, one of these men, Peter, lifted up his head...