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
Faith of Our Mothers, Ruth – The Courage to Stand Alone
Having the courage to stand alone by necessity means that we are standing alone…where it’s lonely. And it takes courage to go to the lonely places. Ruth charged ahead into the most lonely of places to follow Naomi in living out God’s plan for redemption for the world.
Faith of Our Mothers: Hannah
Hannah shows us what ultimate trust in God looks like, she shows us a pattern for unconditional love for God that can be repeated in our own lives.
Faith of Our Mothers: Deborah
Deborah was a judge, prophet and warrior whom God chose to redeem His people. From Deborah we learn about God choosing us to partner with us and bring us into relationship with Him.
Give to Grow
Pastor Darryl Becket gives a message on Ephesians 4 encouraging us to follow God’s example to give of ourselves in order to help the church to grow.
5 Senses: The Scent of Life
The sense of smell is one of our unsung senses that adds all of our other senses. But you can’t smell without breathing…breathing in and breathing out. God has declared humanity to be good upon receiving the breath of life through our nostrils. Breathing is essential to our sense of smell and to our living…
5 Senses: Spiritual Taste, Physical Talk
Even in the most difficult of circumstances we can find the goodness of God. In the darkness of the caves and on the run, David penned the words, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” He found ways to find the goodness of God when he was in his worst of days. You too…
Jesus Unhinged: Jesus Anointed
This last installment of Jesus Unhinged shows Jesus in the town of Bethany at a dinner party and one of his followers pours out a very expensive bottle of ointment on his head. We find that everyone calculates the cost for something and for Mary, this was her most precious gift to give to Jesus.
Jesus Unhinged: Jesus Heals the Blind
Jesus calls Bartimaeus before he heals him. Often we wait to respond to God’s call on our life until after we feel perfect, perfected, healed and worthy, but Bartimaeus immediately responded to Jesus’ calling before receiving his healing and then he joined Jesus where Jesus was going. This is beautiful interaction is an example for…
Jesus Unhinged: Jesus Transfigured
Jesus experienced a change on the mountaintop, but his change was external only while for the disciples with him their change was internal and not external. The mountaintop experiences you have in worship and other places, should result in you being changed for life in the valley.