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In our world, we often confuse volume with value and force with effectiveness. We think that to change a situation, we need more muscle. But there is a profound difference between power and authority....
Men do not speak life naturally. We casually employ the vocabulary of the grave to describe our appetite. A man says, "I am dying for a plate of chicken rice." A student makes an error and says, "I am...
Most people translate shalom as "peace." That is like translating the word "home" as "a building." Technically correct. Deeply incomplete. Shalom is one of the richest words in the Hebrew Bible. It ap...
In AD 70, the Roman General Titus commanded his army to spare the great temple in Jerusalem. He possessed the military power of a vast empire. However, forty years earlier, Jesus stood on a mountain a...
God created a masterpiece. When He finished the heavens and the earth, He didn't just say it was good; He said it was very good. Then, He did something risky. He handed the keys to humanity. God gave...
A courtroom has already delivered the verdict. The judge has left the bench. The gavel has struck. And yet the defendant rises again to ask, "But are you sure?" That is the picture of a believer who d...
Nature is not just scenery. According to Scripture, creation is alive, aware, and suffering. The earth is groaning under the weight of the fall. It was subjected to futility, not because it wanted to...
Most people spend their entire lives trying to become someone. The gospel says you already are. You did not receive a project at salvation. You received a new identity. God did not hand you a to-do li...
Royalty isn't about crowns or titles.It's about how you carry yourself when no one is watching. Peter writes: "You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood."1 Peter 2:9 The Greek word for royal her...
Some say the written Word is outdated.Jesus thought differently. In the wilderness, face-to-face with the enemy,Jesus didn't use a vision, a miracle, or a fresh revelation. He used Scripture. Not "I f...
There is a tendency to become hyper-aware of the opposition. We look for the problems. We analyze the "enemy." We worry about what might go wrong. But Jesus gave a very interesting instruction regardi...
There is a difference between prosperity for ego and prosperity for purpose. Prosperity often gets a bad reputation because it is associated with greed or self-indulgence. But in the Bible, wealth is...
Trouble is inevitable. Jesus was honest about that.But while you cannot always control what happens to you, you have absolute authority over what happens in you.Jesus gave a command that is also a pro...
In Eden, after the fall, God said to Adam, "By the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Genesis 3:19) . Sweat became a picture of painful toil-working for survival, earning what once came freely,l...
Facts can be loud.A doctor's report.A financial statement.A failure that feels final. But there is a distinction: Facts describe what is.Truth declares what God says. Jesus said: "You shall know the t...