“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
That makes us the "sheeple." Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd...." The role of the shepherd is a prominent theme in the Bible, both old and new testaments. It is used as a picture of how the Lord takes care of His people, and is found often in the Psalms. David, the shepherd-king, was …
“But so far as justification is concerned, Christ and I must be so closely attached that He lives in me and I in Him. What a marvelous way of speaking! Because He lives in me, whatever grace, righteousness, life, peace, and salvation there is in me is all Christ’s; nevertheless it is mine as well, …
“Knowledge or religion means to be good and to do good, to worship God or to work for God without having the living presence of God.” ― Witness Lee “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16 I hear many …
“A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from the righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as a saint.” John Calvin Galatians 3:27, “For all of you who were baptized into Christ …
An installment in the series on union with our God. “Spiritual life flows out of union with Christ, not merely imitation of Christ.” ― Richard F. Lovelace A supervisor of mine had a bumper sticker on his office door that read, “Jesus is coming! Everyone look busy!” With all the activity that modern religiosity has …
The plan for our redemption – the restoration of our union with our God - was established in eternity past when the Triune God decided together to redeem us; the Father would send the Son into the human world, the Son would die for His people, and the Holy Spirit would apply the Son’s atoning …
“Most Christians are satisfied living their entire lives as common Christians. They never experience the richness of what it truly means to be a Christian. Without a deep insatiable hunger for the things of God, there is nothing within them prodding them to go forward to perfection…once again, we need a great move of the …
A few weeks ago, one of the newer guys who attends a weekly men’s gathering I host asked a great question that occasioned much conversation. His question was this (I am paraphrasing): "The Baptists say this about God, the Catholic church says that about God. The Lutherans say this is the way to follow God. …
“Abundant life comes to you when the old you ceases to breathe, and the new you comes to life.” A.W. Tozer, perhaps the greatest Christian thinker and writer of the 20th century, compared the New Testament teachings about the cross we are to carry, which he called the “Old Cross,” with what he called “the …
“I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent consumerism that devours creation. And then an arrival in a new neighborhood, because it is a gift to be …
One Pursuit 