Oil Lamps, wedding feast

Empty Oil Lamps & a Wedding Feast

Part of rising with Jesus is a life lived unot Him. Where we are living witnesses – saltto make people thirsty and Light that leads them to Him.

In the Parable of the 10 Virgins, the lesson was regarding getting and remaining ready for the return of Christ. This is accomplished most naturally by loving devotion to Him which swells into a deep desire to be with Him where He is. It aids our souls in maintaining the excited anticipation of His return which could take place at any moment.

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Is there One church or many?

Is there One church or many? Like so many topics, beliefs surrounding questions like this have been used by the devil to divide the body.  Like so many issues, this question is one easily agreed upon by anyone holding the scriptures as the final word on any issue of doctrine. Words used for “church” in the Bible and their meanings There were two words predominately used in the New Testament to refer to the gatherings of Christians.  The first word is ekklēsía which means called out ones and is NOT a word exclusive to Christian gatherings, but was in fact […]

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Binding & Loosening

   Binding & Loosening The purpose of this article is to address the way these words have come to be used in the last 50+ years. We are going to look closely at the scriptures to see if… or to what degree, the scriptures support modern thoughts on the issue. What ARE modern thoughts and teachings of Binding and Loosening In most cases, and therefore the ones I am choosing to address in this article, the teachings of binding and loosening are largely in the sphere of spiritual warfare. Teachings regarding spiritual warfare are often riddled with difficulties, extremes and […]

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