I thought, “Is it possible God knows me?”
Now, most of my charismatic friends can hardly imagine that question as a graduate of seminary. But, certainly, the thought of interacting directly with God was beyond my imagination. “If God knows who I am, I certainly do not know who He is.”
Read MoreWe are driven to discover a new and better way for Christians to address homosexuality. We’ve come away from the LGBTQ life and are helping each other find truth and hope for life as new creations in Christ, waiting expectantly for God to show us all He has.
Read MoreAre we willing to contend for the fullness of the power of God, or will we submit our lives to a philosophy that denies His power for healing and wholeness simply because it is out of our hands?
Read MoreThe spirit of the age must never be the prevailing voice in viewing scripture.
Read MoreMoralism yields either two things: 1) self righteous pride, whereby I am offended by God for what He asks of me. I am offended that He asks me to suffer, for example. or 2) self hatred, since I recognize I cannot be good.
Moralism, a works based salvation, is the result of a lifestyle of pleasing others. For example your parents.
Read MoreUltimately I know that underlying the nobility of a surrendered spiritual journey is my search for truth--the truth about my own life and the Truth Himself. I have found they go hand in hand.
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Jesus was God incarnate, so that God could have complete communion with the human experience and so that humanity could fully relate to God. Today, perhaps He is living in you. If you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, then right now God is experiencing your life. All of your life. He is not only seeing it from afar, He is communing with you in it to see what you see and experience what you experience.
In an age when it seems impossible for sexuality or gender to align to scripture, it is happening. Past generations sought physical healing as a sign of God’s presence, but what if today restoration of sexuality and gender were the miracle?
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