Matthew 13 - The Kingdom is Like...

The Open Hands of God - A Study of Romans 10

When you try to establish your own righteousness, you are still living in the old administration. You are still treating the law as a path rather than a signpost. You are still saying, “If I just try harder, pray longer, perform better, God will finally be pleased.” But the Christic Covenant announces that the performance has already been rendered perfectly, once for all, by Another.

Revival, Reformation, or Rehabilitation

The Holy Spirit is taking us through a rehabilitation by healing broken and dysfunctional views of God. We must return again and again to the face of Jesus. Every doctrine, every system, every inherited picture of God must be held up to the light of the One who is the exact representation of the Father’s nature. If it cannot survive that light, it must be refined or released.

The Ache to be Known

This is not a Psalm about God’s controlling surveillance. It is a Psalm about God’s intimate, relentless, affectionate knowing. It is the song of a person who has discovered that the One who formed him in the dark is the same One who walks with him in the light. The fact that God knows you is not a threat, it's the safest place in the universe.

Matthew 13 - The Kingdom is Like...

Matthew tells us that from this point on, Jesus taught the crowds only in parables. He is not hiding truth from the hungry. He is protecting it from the hard hearted, and at the same time giving it in a form that only the humble can receive. Parables are not riddles for the clever. They are doors for the teachable. Which one are you?

Deconstructing Desperation Part 2

The prophets of Baal show us what worship looks like when you believe god is distant. The New Covenant shows us what worship looks like when you know the living God has made His home within you. We do not harm ourselves to get His attention. His blood has already been shed for us. We do not scream to wake Him. He lives in us as the hope of glory.