Christ Our Life & Pattern
Christ Our Life & Pattern (5 pages, approximately a 5-minute read) Introduction To discern the mystery of Christ fully, we must have revelation of Him as the New Covenant Pattern, because the New Covenant is all about the life of Christ in us. This is the subject matter of this article. Categories: Revelation of Christ, […]
Walking with Sorrow – A Theology of Suffering
Walking with Sorrow – A Theology of Suffering (32 pages, large print) Introduction Sorrow is inescapable. And the following questions found in the hearts and minds of all human beings are equally inescapable: Why is there suffering and sorrow? Why does God allow it? Why do “good” people suffer? The Scriptures offer rational answers to […]
Seeing Jesus in the Letter to the Hebrews
Seeing Jesus in the Letter to the Hebrews (17 pages, large print, approximately a 23-minute read) Introduction This is an expository study of the Letter to the Hebrews.[1] However, it does not cover every verse in the letter, but rather, it goes deeply into key verses, focusing on the goal of SEEING JESUS. (John 12:21) […]
Forsaking All to Follow Jesus
Forsaking All to Follow Jesus (71 pages, large print) Introduction What Does a God-Centered Life Look Like? In this message, we look at what “forsaking” means, what “all” means, and what “following Jesus” means. The impetus for writing this article came from observing the spirit of Materialism in our current generation – even among God’s […]
Deconstruction, Deconversion, & Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
Deconstruction, Deconversion, & Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (34 pages, large print) Introduction What is Postmodernism? What is Deconstruction? How do these relate to biblical faith? Can they result in the “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” – “the sin that leads to death”? In 1 Corinthians 2:10-16, Paul explained that one must have the Holy […]
Called and Changed by Christ
Called & Changed by Christ (31 pages, large print) Introduction This book is a study of Conversion. The teaching addresses what it means to be “called” – the nature of the call, who are called, answering the call – as well as a look at the life-changing experiences with Jesus Christ in the lives of […]
Bride of Christ
The Bride of Christ (24 pages, large print) Introduction Paul the apostle explained that what he had written to the Ephesians about husbands and wives spiritually applied to Christ and the Church. Paul was comparing the marriage relationship to the relationship between Christ and the Church – the husband being Christ, and the Church being […]
A Terrifying Thing
“A Terrifying Thing” Falling into the Hands of the Living God (46 pages, large print) Introduction This message deals with the following topics: The Discipline of the Lord, The Judgment of God, His Judgment on His Household, His Judgment on Individual Believers, as well as “Suffering in the Flesh”, “Ceasing from Sin”, “Self-Discipline”, “Pursuing Holiness”, […]
Christ is All – In the Covenant, the Kingdom, & the Church
“Christ is All” (10 pages, less than 12-minute read) Introduction “I will give You as a covenant.” Isaiah 42:6 The covenant Isaiah refers to is what we know as the “New Covenant”. God’s New Covenant – by which He made the Old Covenant obsolete (Hebrews 8:13), does not consist in the letters of written words, but […]
The Treasures of Darkness
The Treasures of Darkness (59 pages) Introduction There are places in the spiritual realm – dimensions in God, which are “dark” to us until He brings us into those depths and reveals more of Himself to us through experiences with Himself which gift us with “Treasures of Darkness”. However, God’s “treasures” – His values, priorities, […]