Category Archives: Church Life

Church Life

Christ gave himself for the church. That’s worth thinking hard about – what it is, how it works, and why it still matters.

The Jabez Prayer

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”  Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it… Read More »

Irreversible grace

Just as you begin to think you have an understanding of God’s lavish and extravagant grace, you make a fresh discovery and are left stunned in wonder and amazement. It happens more and more with the passage of time. The more you understand, the more you wonder if you have even begun to grasp the basics about grace.… Read More »

Increasing anointing

I can only think of two people that I have met in the last 34 years who wouldn’t say a hearty, “Yes!” to the question of having an increase in the anointing on their life and ministry. Who wouldn’t say yes to such an increase? What would you say – especially in this day and age? Interestingly, both… Read More »

Mistaking the shadows of the mountain for men

Judges 9 tells an intriguing story. I will let you venture upon that event at your own discretion, but it is a powerful story, loaded with meaning. Hindsight is such a wonderful thing! Jdg 9:35-37 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, and Abimelech and the people who… Read More »