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Jesus and the Spirit – Matthew 3:11-17
My senior year in high school was amazing from the standpoint of learning more about being a Christian. I was sharing my faith and people were responding with challenges to my theology. Can you really
Continue reading...Uniting the Human and the Divine – Matthew 1:18-25
Greek mythology is rife with tales of the gods having sexual relationships with humans and producing demigods. Some Bible students even believe that Genesis 6 depicts fallen angels having relations with
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Philippians (7): Christ is Everything – Philippians 1:18b-26
Art Reynolds wrote “Jesus Is Just Alright With Me” and his Art Reynolds Singers performed it in 1966 and intended it as a worship song. Many other bands have since covered it (The Byrds,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Rejoicing to Suffer Dishonor (Acts 21:1-16)
And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: When Not to Witness (Acts 16:6-10)
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Missionary Endeavor (Acts 13:1-12)
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Gentiles and Spirit Baptism (Acts 10:44-48)
While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Spirit’s Defense (Acts 4:5-12)
On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Baptism in the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4)
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
Continue reading...The Two Kinds of Spirit Filling
There are, strangely, only two New Testament authors who even use the terminology “filling of the Spirit” in their writings, Luke and Paul. And here is a list of each of the places they use the terminology: Luke
Continue reading...An Evangelical Perspective on the Baptism in the Spirit
Even to call this the baptism “in” the Spirit used to bother me. That sounded too Pentecostal (though, “baptism in the Holy Ghost” sounded even more so). And the Greek preposition en that is
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Romans: Adopted! (8:9-17)
Daily Thoughts from Romans: Adopted! You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Anointing (2:26-29)
Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Anointing I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Joel: Poured Out Spirit (2:28-32)
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: This Is My Beloved Son (1:1,2)
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things… (Hebrews 1:1-2, ESV) What
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