The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV A while ago, I heard a teaching from…
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3,4 ESV In 2019, footage from a baptismal service at Bethel Church in Redding, California surfaced online sparking questions, concerns, and even satire. A…
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. T.S. Eliot Imagine you attend a corporate gathering at a church where you believe you will learn spiritual things that are said to deepen your walk with God and how to have all your prayers answered. The speaker teaches from a book he wrote about praying from the heavenly realm, and he goes on to talk for the next hour and a half about himself…
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV There was a time when my…
What would be your first reaction to hearing a teaching centered around a couple of verses in Scripture allegedly showing how Jesus time traveled, and we could access the eternal realm as well with the aid of time traveling angels? No, my blog has not been hacked by a New Age teacher, and I have not binge watched Back to the Future or Quantum Leap. To my dismay, there are actual teachings out there telling professing believers they can time…
This past week, I came across two distinct topics impacting me and leaving me feeling angry, grieved, thankful, and joyful. I know. That is an array of emotions to have, seemingly contradicting one another. It all began when I was sent a video containing a teaching about the name of the LORD. Now, you would think this would be a straightforward teaching with understanding about the Hebrew name (Yahweh) for LORD and how there are correlations in the New Testament…
A small group of individuals stood outside an enclosed cemetery praying. A young man had brought this group to the memorial garden to visit a specific grave and to receive an impartation. While they stood before the locked door to the burial site, the man held up a golden key said to hold an amazing prophetic account in unlocking passage to a deceased mighty woman of God. The resting place of interest was the burial site of Kathryn Kuhlman. The…
Trips to heaven. Personal home visits from God. Angelic visitations. Intimate conversations with Jesus. If you have ever heard a well-known man or woman regaling of past times where Jesus walked into their living room or where they were taken on trips to heaven with secret divine revelation personally given to him/her, you may have been left wondering, “Why doesn’t Jesus come to my house and meet with me? Why don’t I hear God’s voice for myself like these people?…
Recently, I saw some social media posts mentioning Pentecost Sunday and the significance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit so that the church could receive private prayer languages. The very passage referenced when mentioning Pentecost and this miraculous event was Acts 2, “When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And…
I was one of those people. You know the ones telling you to watch what you say because death and life are in the power of the tongue. It is with certainty and irony I can say my actions drove family members nuts at times. Decreeing and declaring were integral in what was considered prayer time. When faced with a possible negative outcome in life, it was not uncommon to say, “I do not receive that”, because receiving the negative…