Consequently, when Christ came into the world, He said, "Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but a body have You prepared for Me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will, O Lord, as...
"Don't suppose for a moment, though, that God's Word has malfunctioned in some way or other. The problem goes back a long way. From the outset, not all Israelites of the flesh were Israelites of the spirit. It wasn't Abraham's sperm that gave identity here, but God's...
In June of 1998, Ed Leonard, a 60-year-old Canadian driller, accepted a job with Terramundo Drilling to work in Colombia, South America as a drilling foreman. On June 24, seven days after he arrived in Colombia, he was taken captive by armed rebels who demanded a...
"Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us - who was raised to life for us!-is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us." Romans 8:34 (MSG) Jesus listened, He cared, He healed, He guided us towards real life. He did even more...
"His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him." John 12:16 Years ago, a church member stopped at my office for "just a little talk."...
In the mid 1960’s in Communist Russia, a new believer, returning home from an underground prayer meeting, was picked up by the local police, having been informed on by a neighbor. The police interrogated him trying to learn the location of this meeting place, but when...
Too often our focus is on doing something for God. If we don't let the Holy Spirit guide us, however, we may be knocking on the wrong door. Remember Israel? "Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she didn't succeed."...