The word ADD is used in the Christian vocabulary in a particular way, in that it refers to God’s adding, not ours. Old Testament H3254 Defines the word ADD yacaph (yä·saf). A primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbially to continue to do a thing):— add, X...
Life Beyond a Mere Christianity is possible in covenant with God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. God relates to His creatures only through covenant. “All true theology is based on some form of a divine covenant. The Christian religion must be understood...
The Hebrew word for accomplish appears many times in the form of the word “made.” When God made the firmament, He accomplished what He had planned before the foundation of the world. The same word is used in Genesis 1:11 for yielding fruit after its kind. The Greek...
ABLE may be one of the most powerful words in the English language. In God's Word, it conveys meaning applicable to God in His greatness and power, and shows the weakness and utter dependence of man. This word, from Words of Life ~ A - Z ~ the Ordinary Vocabulary of a...
I am excited to see how the Lord is leading; now combining two series in one. In Sharing Our Meds last week, we see how Words of Life ~ From A-Z ~ the Ordinary Vocabulary of a Christian fits into our treatise Beyond a Mere Christianity. If you are unsure, please bear...
To quote directly from Francis Schaeffer's book,The God Who Is There, I would have to read it again. Time does not permit, so I took these notes from the Publisher's Description. More than ever, The God Who Is There demonstrates how historic Christianity can...
Since turning 82 in April, Jerry has met new doctors and added more meds. He and I have lived much longer than we expected. (His mother died at the age of 59, and his dad, at the age of 71.) Since the wound on his foot has finally healed after eighteen months...
Just when I think I have a grasp on who God is, I lose it. When I rest in what I think I know of Him, I become weary. If I depend on words that I have learned of His kingdom and glory, I soon realize that like Peter, on the mount of transfiguration, there is nothing I...
Mere Christianity was a compilation of C.S. Lewis’ beliefs, in which he stated, “at the centre of each (religion) there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks the...