“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
"For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind …
Continue reading Getting to Unity: the Indwelling Life of Christ
"Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment." This passage, 1 Corinthians 1:10, lays out the will of our God concerning …
The Bible tells us much about the difference between our human intellect and the mind of Christ as delivered into us by the Holy Spirit Who indwells us. Paul wrote about this to the Corinthian believers in 1 Corinthians 2: "And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I …
"This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when prosperity comes, but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land …
The Passover meal was the celebration of the prophetic word of God to the Hebrews as He prepared them for their deliverance from Egypt and their redemption as His chosen. In that Passover meal there were four ceremonial wine cups shared by the participants, each celebrating one of the key prophetic promises. You can read …
At the time of Jesus, there were strict guidelines that governed the people in preparation for the Passover and the Great or High Sabbath. The Passover or Seder meal was held the evening at the beginning of the Great Sabbath. Because Jesus apparently ate the meal on the eve of the Day of Preparation, it …
Until this week, I have not posted on this blog since November 3, 2022. I took time away from writing to relocate from my home in NW Minnesota to a home further north and west in Minnesota. I purchased a small home up north in November of 2021 and spent thirteen months gutting it, rebuilding …
"Let me press upon everyone...the solemn obligation resting upon him to care for those around him - not only the outcast, but those with whom he is associated in church fellowship, very specially any who are in danger of being hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. The Christ unto whom we are to grow up …
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings...." …
There is much value in maintaining hope in our daily living. Hope is critical to the human condition. Refugees endure great suffering in the hope that they will persevere till they get to a better place. Prisoners in concentration camps and even extermination camps hang on because they have hope that relief and release will …
One Pursuit 