There is horror at my feet. The mercy of God has come to save. What provokes these words remains unspeakable. For the provocation is the Holy Spirit of God. If I could speak what he has done, who among us would understand? The language of the flesh cannot receive the language of the Spirit. what … Continue reading
Prayer
People, by majority, tend to avoid prayer. To most, prayer is like those little hammers you can buy to smash out your window in case you drive into a lake. In fact it is so like that little hammer, that most people can’t remember where they put it when they need it the most. If … Continue reading
The Place of No Return
I write this as help to my brothers and sisters in Christ. I write this as instruction to the wicked that they may understand. I write this as admonition and hope. If you will bear with it, there will be understanding. A man wakes and guilt covers him. Perhaps as he closed his eyes the … Continue reading
The Limits of Can
The list of limits, which restrain the life of man, is long. He is bound up and constrained by the Holy dictates of God’s great Wisdom. The list of “can” is shorter, yet no less sure. The first constrains rebellion. The second unleashes holy righteousness with the unlimited power of God himself. Man presses against … Continue reading
Gird Yourself with Strength
Is the strength of the gospel to be at peace with the world, or is it to be at odds? Is the strength of the gospel strength to stand and testify? Or is it only strength to hide? There is death to self. There is death to temptation. There is the death of the body. … Continue reading
The Land of Shadows
Man, who are you; you who live in darkness and refer to heaven as if it is but a Shadow? Because you have never perceived it, you deny it. You accuse what is true, without thought. You have never touched it, or so you think. You have never seen it, or so you think. You … Continue reading
