

Heeding the High Call to a Devout Life from Deuteronomy
"Loving God more than anyone or anything else is the very foundation of being a disciple. If you want to live your Christian life to its fullest, then love Jesus more than anyone or anything else." Greg Laurie Two things at least are driving me to put this post together – Jesus’s relationship with Father and Holy Spirit via the book of Deuteronomy (while on earth), and your relationship with the living God via the book of Deuteronomy while you are on earth. It is fairly eas


God’s Pursuit of a Holy People
But God……is after a people…. and not just any people. He is after a people who have died with Christ to their entitlements, space, independence, secret lives, etc.; a people who increasingly “….walk in the light as He Himself is in the Light,…” so that we can have fellowship with Him and with each other,


Understanding the Old Testament Prophets
"...when Paul said in Ephesians 2:20 (regarding the household or people that God is building in the present day) these words, "having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,..." I believe he was speaking of the Old Testament prophets. And thus if they were and still are part of the foundation the people of God today is being built on, then we best be familiar with them."


The High Call & Crucial Need for Godly Elders – Part II
"...there is no role in Christ’s church more important than that of the elder or overseer. This is why when Paul reached Miletus he called for the elders of the church in Ephesus to come to him (Acts 20:17). These are the men who would decide more than any other whether the church in Ephesus would grow and thrive and accomplish its God given purpose and mission….or not."


The Christ Life for Children and Parents- Ephesians 6:1-4
So the Big picture of Ephesians is - - The path to much personal transformation is explained and expected before introducing the challenging and humbling righteous standard of oneness in marriage and then of honor, harmony and order in child and parent relationships. Put another way - - God always meant for His creation to walk out family life from the fullness of their relationship with Christ and with His people.





