Walk In The Spirit — The Christian life is spiritual. I believe having a clear understanding of what constitutes who we are as Christians in this life on Earth is the first step towards living well as Christians. To my mind, the metaphor of the third and fourth dimensions clarifies things. Living in the fourth…

The Promises Are Yes And Amen — What do I mean by negative Christianity? Proponents of negative Christianity will always talk about sin. They will never, and I mean never, face and acknowledge the many positive verses about our Christian lives in the New Testament. I’m writing about this, not out of any sense of vendetta, but…

Praying In The Spirit — Jesus said one of the signs following believers would be speaking in new tongues. “New’ in the original Greek means fresh, new, unused. (Mark 16:17) The New Testament teaches three variations of speaking in tongues. The group from the upper room, on the day of Pentecost, spoke in known languages…

Samuel was dedicated to the Lord from childhood. A lot could have been said about his relationship with God, but the Old Testament chooses to focus on one feature. God let none of his words fall to the ground. As far as I can tell that means God kept Samuel…

We Are The Righteousness Of God In Christ — I have no doubt those who hold the sin nature in believers teaching are sincere, although I do think they close their eyes to the many statements about the purity of believers in the New Testament. I have read one or two books where a prominent Christian leader quotes Jeremiah…

The Seven Stars Are The Angels Of The Seven Churches — The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (Rev 1:20) The original Greek for ‘Angels’ in this verse means…

True Truth — This article is not an exhaustive treatment of correct teaching. Here, I am giving my experience of attempting to make sense of what I was taught as a new Christian. At that time I should have been studying the Bible for myself. I think I had accepted unconsciously the idea…

No landing Place — According to Proverbs 26:2, the answer to that question is no. Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim. (Living Bible) The verse implies some undeserved curses may be in the air. More than one Church meeting has been visited…

Faith Without Works Is Dead — To answer that question we could ask ourselves why Jesus did so many works. (healing, raising the dead, casting out demons, and miracles} Because, although He was the Son of God, many could see only a man. If that is how it was with Jesus, how much more will it…