Mary, by Sholem Asch I’m posting here my Amazon review of Sholem Asch’s book, Mary. If I can introduce anyone to the outstanding Christian works of Asch, I will have done a good thing. -p. When I was done reading this book, my soul […]
Author: paul1149
Forgiveness vs reconciliation
I came across this this morning. You may be aware that South Carolina’s governor had been playing the bad boy and was found out. His wife just came out with a public statement, and despite the pain and anger she must be going through, […]
Catching the updraft of grace
Have you ever fallen off the wagon with a particular besetting sin or weakness – for the hundredth time? Done something really stupid that you knew not to do? Felt like you were making no progress and there couldn’t possibly be any hope left […]
Abide Until The Power Falls
In John chapter 15, Jesus tells us of both the necessity and the central requirement of bearing fruit: Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more […]
Setting the Captives Free
I’ve been participating in the “twittering” going on about the protests in Iran. I’ve watched the video of the innocent and defenseless girl in the street, intentionally shot by religious thugs and dying as her friends hopelessly tried to save her. A beautiful young […]
Persecution Rages in China, Elsewhere
Nothing gained by compromise Today comes a horror story out of China, in which people infiltrated a registered Chinese church in order to disrupt its Body life and to ultimately destroy the church. Finally one Christian was brutally beaten and then, with the cooperation […]
Chosen and Foreknown
“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain. – Jn 15:16 I’ve always had problems with the concept of being chosen by God. When I came to […]
Prayer that is worthy
I was in prayer yesterday afternoon. It seemed like my position was eroding rapidly. I felt like Peter sinking beneath the waves. HELP! was the gist of my prayer, and desperation was the attitude behind it. But very quickly a funny thing happened – […]
Motivational Purity
What if the glory was only in the next life? What if we were to serve God here and never reap any reward until then? Would we still cling to Him? Would we still believe in His goodness and power? The Bible is full […]
The Bottom Line: God’s love
I started using Twitter a week ago. They ask you to make a short statement that sums up what you’re about. I wrote: God became a man. The only sane response is to follow Him. Read Jn 3.16: http://bit.ly/17pLjO Pretty good, but it was […]
The Church needs an “MRI”!
One of my greatest passions is the church. Anyone who has been saved by Jesus should care deeply about the house of God, which is God’s family and the Bride of the Lamb, right? So how are we doing? From my American charismatic perspective, […]
Prayer That Overcomes
I have spent a lot of years of my life – more than I would like to admit – praying for things the “old fashioned” way. It was all very impressive, I’m sure. Great articulation. Plenty of emotion. Even weeping and wailing at times. […]
The Cost Of Discipleship
How many leaders do you know of, who at the very height of their popularity intentionally thinned their supporters’ ranks? Precious few, I’d guess. Yet that’s exactly what Jesus did! Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to […]
The Master Strategist
I’ve been veeery slowly reading Paul Billheimer’s Destined For The Throne. I can’t buy into everything he says quite yet, but he is bringing out some compelling points that have augmented my own thinking on some foundational issues. I’ve understood for a long time […]
