If you are not a Christian, you do not know the Holy Spirit, nor can you know him (John 14.17). He belongs to the children of God. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because…
Category: Christian life
Flattery and Flirting – A Warning
Why are men drawn to the adulterous woman? Solomon starkly outlined the wiles of the forbidden woman in the first 9 chapters of Proverbs. Notice the common themes: For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as…
Frosty, Santa, and the Nativity
Christmas spirit has begun to fill our neighborhoods as lights, figurines, and ornaments appear in houses and yards. It’s interesting to see the different setups. Mr. and Mrs. Santa stand next to the Grinch and his dog Max. Reindeer sit on a roof, and Santa’s lower body protrudes from a chimney. Next door, soft lights…
Spiritual Energy for Spiritual Work
Newton’s Laws of Motion teach us that objects move only when force is applied to them. We live in a world of many forces, such as gravity and friction, slowing and stopping moving objects. If I throw a frisbee as hard as I can, it may fly a long way, but gravity and wind resistance…