The actor Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost. True story. Why did Charlie Chaplin go unrecognized? Surely it was because we see what we expect to see. No one expected the real Charlie Chaplin to show up, so no … [Read more]
721. The Greatest Commandments in the Law (But Nobody Has Ever Done Them)
Religious teaching will tell us to work at keeping the law of commandments, but it’s only a small portion that we hear about while most of it is ignored—which causes hypocrisy to loom very large. And when a commandment from the Old Covenant is … [Read more]
How to be content
Are you a contented Christian? Or do you have a quiet unease that God is displeased with you and unhappy with your performance? Are you resting in his righteousness? Or are you striving to make yourself acceptable to God? Many churchgoers are zealous … [Read more]
I Know God Can, But Will He?
I believe that God can do anything. I really do believe that. I believe that He can do miracles and even raise the dead. I believe that he heals people and that he makes things happen that can only be described as miraculous. I … [Read more]
720. God Doesn’t Change – But the Covenant Did
When Christians proclaim we as believers in Christ should try to live by the law as it was given to Moses, they advertise their ignorance on what the law says. It required perfection and everyone has fallen short of that. The requirement is still … [Read more]
Is my brother going to hell?
I get a lot of mail, much more than I can to respond to. But occasionally when reading something I sense the Lord saying to me, “Hit reply and start typing.” This happened to me recently, after a reader asked me the following question: My brother (a … [Read more]
719. Tear Down This Wall!
In Ephesians Chapter 2, Paul talked about a dividing wall which brought a separation from Christ. It kept us from the covenants of promise while leaving us without hope and without God in the world. What was this wall of separation? Many might be … [Read more]
The Deception of Self Righteousness
One of the biggest deceptions in the world, especially in the Church, is that of performance-religion and self- righteousness. There’s a huge emphasis on maintaining the moral standards of the so-called “Judeo-Christian-value system.” We hear: “I’m a … [Read more]
Who are the Nicolaitans among us?
The Nicolaitans are the boogeymen of the Bible. Since the scriptures say almost nothing about them – except that they were false teachers whose deeds Jesus hated (see Rev. 2) – they are a blank sheet onto which we can write just about … [Read more]
My Journey
In this introductory podcast, I share what my purpose for this podcast is and part of my personal journey. My journey with Jesus involves a lot of performance, always trying to get his attention by what I do. I share how I spent a lot of time on the … [Read more]
718. The Holy Spirit in You
Following up on last week’s program about feeling the need to ask God’s Spirit to show up or inviting God’s presence into our midst … This practice misses the understanding that He never leaves as He continuously abides in us. This is different … [Read more]
Peter Pan Christianity
Peter Pan is a children’s story where the main character, Peter Pan, is a boy that lives in Neverland and he never grows up. He is the perpetual boy. He fights off pirates, particularly Captain James Hook. He leads a group of … [Read more]
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