Because of the ten years I’ve been associated as a volunteer with Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), I’ve gotten a perspective of the church and of Jesus Christ that, frankly, few Christians are privileged to witness. In this time, I’ve read the classic book by Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, a couple of times and…
Posts Categorized: Holy Spirit
Spirit Baptism In the Deuteronomy 32 Worldview
Since reading The Unseen Realm by Dr. Michael S. Heiser, which rocked the way I view Scripture, I’ve begun considering how the Deuteronomy 32 worldview applies to other aspects of what I believe. Even as Dr. Heiser says that we who have an eschatological view of the Bible look at it through certain systems we’ve…
A Conspiracy Theory About the Garden & the Fall
Did you ever have one of those days when you began pondering the mysteries of God and wonder how something happened or came about in the Kingdom? That’s been me lately. Recently I’ve been studying the pagan religion of Hinduism, and how the practice of yoga plays into that. As someone has said, “There is…
Corrupting Influence of Sin
Today, I’ll start with an analogy. It’s rather gross, but at the same time, I think, quite effective. Consider a brand-new toilet bowl. It’s clean, white, no hint of anything that might mar its pristine surface. It gets installed in your home and it isn’t long before it’s not quite so pretty. A little bit…