Spiritual Discernment
Discernment is perception with a view to obtaining spiritual guidance and understanding. It’s a deeper awareness achieved by learning how to apply knowledge from the Scriptures. True discernment means being able to distinguish the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from […]
Two Types of Workers
Someone suggested that, while there are many different kinds of jobs, they could all be broken down into two categories: a) the kind of jobs where you shower after you finish working; and, b) the type of jobs where you shower before you go to work. Obviously, the first sort of job involves more intense […]
Completely Surrounded
David wrote, “You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” (Psalm 139:5-7). A man once offered a child whom he met […]
Elymas
The second half of Acts (chapters 13-28) is a history of the activities of Paul as he fulfilled the call Jesus had made to him. When Ananias hesitated to fulfill the direction of the Lord to go preach to Saul, the Lord said, “Go thy way; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to […]
Did Jesus Exist?
In 2006, a hearing was held in an Italian court to decide whether the Catholic Church was breaking the law by teaching that Christ existed. The defendant, Enrico Righi, is a priest, and the plaintiff, Luigi Cascioli, is an atheist. Cascioli said Righi, and by extension the whole Church, broke two Italian laws. The first […]