

Up Close and Virtual
Your God does not do temporary, and you will not find Him in the superficial. “Do you know Kevin?” “Yeah, we’re friends on Facebook.” I do not even know what that is proof of. We live in a time when a “friend” might be the real estate agent for the chiropractor of your brother’s boss. Social media-style interaction is no way to know someone. In the same way, if we are not spending personal time with the Lord, there will be too many degrees of separation between us and God for


Spiritual Cataracts
Is your vision hazy? Are you trying to sense the direction of the Holy Spirit through a cloudy lens? Moral wisdom gives clarity. “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” — Samuel Johnson (The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia) With the advancement in science, technology, and medicine, we can more easily share and build on the knowledge and discoveries of others, giving us the misconception that we are


Spiritual Malnutrition: Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment
Many people today are satisfied with the milk of the Word – the easy-to-swallow parts that make them feel good. The spiritual nutrients we need to strengthen us and keep our thoughts in order is found in the meat of the Word of God. Those morsels of substance that take some chewing on before they can be digested. Writing to the Hebrews, Paul makes a parallel between physical and spiritual undernourishment and the resulting immaturity. “We have much to say about this, but it i


It Comes with Experience
Far too many Christians struggle and live below their spiritual means because they have only experimented with Christianity as a religion rather than experiencing Christ in relationship. “Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge…” -- Isaiah 5:13 If we are honest, most of us can say we have experienced increased and unusual stress over the past couple of years; Job loss, home-based schooling, sickness and death, and general upheaval in every