Humans have been telling ghost stories ever since there have been humans able to tell stories about unexplainable happenings. Evangelical Christians have not done well offering explanations for the paranormal except by saying: “Ghost aren’t real!” In this series we are looking into ghosts, the paranormal and the paranormal occurrences in the Bible along with general understandings of the Holy Spirit.
Ghost Stories
A Weary World Rejoices, The Truth Shall Set You Free
John the Baptist came as a forerunner of Jesus to prepare the way for his coming. John was a truth-teller and was a harsh critic of the religious establishment. He gave us some lessons we can learn about giving and receiving truth, especially in the post-truth culture in which we live.
A Weary World Rejoices, Path to Transformation
It takes a lot for people to be convinced to do something differently than what they originally intended. Joseph had in mind to divorce Mary quietly but in the end, the angel of God convinced him not to divorce her. That took a lot for him to swallow his pride and learn something new about…
A Weary World Rejoices: It’s Always Been Weary!
In the Gospel of Matthew, a genealogy of Jesus is given to prove His link to King David and to show that Jesus comes FROM sinners and FOR sinners. The Biblical authors don’t hide from his past and his history, the embrace it while not making it his identity, knowing that Jesus has the power…
A Weary World Rejoice – First Sunday of Advent
Jesus came to fulfill the prophet Isaiah’s words of the coming Messiah. Then about 700 years later, Jesus reads those same words in the synagogue of his hometown, Nazareth. Jesus concludes that those words were fulfilled in their hearing. Jesus is the one to bring healing, hope and joy to a weary world.
Sermon on the Mount, Follow the Blueprint
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us all the instructions we need to live life in his kingdom. The problem is we don’t usually follow it! At the end of the sermon he says that the wise person will HEAR and DO the things that he says and will be like a person…
Sermon on the Mount: Ask, Seek, Knock
Throughout the Sermon on the Mount Jesus has given basic instructions for kingdom living. The principle of Ask, Seek, Knock is all about persistence and aligning yourself with what the Good Father wants for already – to give you good gifts.
Sermon on the Mount, Judge Not Lest You Be Judged
Our brother, Reggie Byrd brings the word from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – judging is something that Jesus not only cautions against, but condemns. It is not our human responsibility to judge or condemn others, but to discern with others what God says is good.
Sermon on the Mount, The Lord’s Prayer
After telling his followers how NOT to pray, Jesus tells them how to pray by giving us the prayer we now call, “The Lord’s Prayer.” This prayer was never meant to be said in a rote way, but rather as a pattern for prayer, a model for us to pray. Enjoy this brief teaching on…
Sermon on the Mount, Triplet of Hypocrites
First century Jewish people saw three things to make them righteous: giving, praying and fasting. Jesus uses these three as examples of what hypocrites do to show off their righteousness. As is consistent with Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount, He tells us that we must get to the heart behind the issue, to…
Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ Social Principles
Jesus makes the statement that he fulfills the Law and Prophets and then proceeds to give examples as to what he means by that. Certainly his list of laws is not exhaustive, but they do give us a peak into Jesus’ politic on how to encounter humanity and set us apart from our neighbors. Jesus…