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1 Corinthians 15:31, this daily death is not a defeat, it is actually the path to freedom, because when the flesh loses its power, the spirit gains space to lead. When selfish desires are surrendered, Divine purpose begins to emerge. When pride is crucified, humility opens the door to wisdom...

God and the need for repentance, because John proclaimed the Kingdom of God is at hand. It’s a decision of which kingdom you want to be in. Repent, is the way John is caste in the Old Testament. This baptism, John’s baptism would give way to being baptized with the Spirit. John’s baptism had...

The Bible says that Paul saw what John wrote in the book of Revelations. They say John went through this before he wrote what Paul was not allowed to write.

Acts 8:1-3, opens with Saul approving of Stephens execution, and there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. Saul was ravaging the church and entering house after house. He dragged off men...

Romans 7:19, for the good that I would, I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do, these words expose the inner tension that every believer knows, but often feels ashamed to admit. The desire to do good exists, yet the pull of the flesh continues to fight back, Paul did not hide this...

Paul defends the authenticity of his message and authority as an apostle, he was commissioned by the risen Jesus himself, to go to the non-Jewish world. Paul says, it was only later, that he went to Jerusalem to consult the other apostles like Peter and James, and when he told them, he was not...

Acts chapters 13-14, Paul wrote the Galatians from a place of deep passion and frustration. Christianity began as a Jewish Messianic movement in Jerusalem, but it’s message was for all humanity and it quickly spread beyond Israel. By Paul’s time as a missionary, there were as many non-Jews, as...

Acts 8:9-13, We get a specific episode in Samaria that concerns Simon, Simon the magician. In verse 9, There was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him from the...

The Bible has a more robust, a really different version of what wisdom is. The Bible talks about knowledge, it talks about understanding, but notice it has different words for that, wisdom and particularly Paul has one Old Testament passage in the back of his head, Exodus 31:1-3. God’s designing...

Atoning sacrifice, this language of sacrifice is really significant. 1 John 1:5-2:2, vandalism, “sin” that we introduce into God’s good world, but what does Jesus do about that? The blood of Jesus purifies us, a metaphor for Jesus’ death, his execution on the cross. Purification is connected...

John 3:16 tells us that the problem of humanity was never ignorance and the solution was never religion, it tells us that love moved first before repentance, before understanding, before worthiness. God did not wait for the world to become lovable, he loved first and gave. John 3:16 carries the...

Abraham, what part of Abraham, do you not understand?

You don’t face mindless monsters or chaotic shadows, but organized, intelligent and deliberate principalities, each with a purpose and each with a specific assignment to corrupt the sons of men. The enemy you face today, an enemy that slips into your lives through the cracks of your character...

Ephesians 3:2-13, the word mystery is used three times, the mystery made known by revelation, insight into the mystery, the mystery through the gospel, when we hear the word mystery, we think of something that’s super obscure, incomprehensible and can’t really be understood. The Bible, mystery...