Three Steps to Start Becoming a Stronger Christian Even though everybody knows they need to stop playing around with their Christianity and get busy growing it, most never will (Matt 7:13).  They’ll just keep putting it off, then they’ll die, and then whatever happens to them is up to the Judge.  If you think maybe…

Paradigms People see things differently.   Let’s say a boy is raised in a home.  He develops a paradigm, an idea for the typical pattern of things, such as how a family works.  Another boy, raised in another home, also has a paradigm for how a family works, but it’s different because his family is different.  Now…

The Personhood of God Knowing that God has a personal name, YHWH, and that it is possible for us to misrepresent him in the way we carry that name with us, we begin to see the personhood of God.  He has a name and cares about how we treat it.  He is conscious of who…

Taking His Name in Vain Now that we know that the name of God is not “God,” but YHWH, how does this change our perspective on the third commandment? Exodus 20:7 7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His…

Elijah The Prophet and The Priests of Baal In post one, we identified the name of God as YHWH, a name obscured by English translations of the Bible.  One of the great biblical passages that illustrates the value of knowing the name of God is the story of Elijah the Prophet and the Priests of…

The Mind of God Now that we understand that God has a personhood, we can begin to recognize his conscious thought and ordinate concern for his creation.  He has a mind.  His concern is that his creation reflects his personhood by being in a state of right.  God is constantly in a state of right, and…

The Name of God  As churched as some of us are, and as keen as we may be to consider ourselves in relationship with God, many of us do not know his name.  Unless you’re a serious biblical scholar, it’s no wonder:  our English Bibles purposely obscure it.  An explanation as to why is given…

The Traits of God A person has traits.  God is a person, and he has traits.  If we are to be children of his, it’s important that we understand them so we can please him with our lives.  Let’s take a brief look at some of the traits of God.  A fast way to do…

Asking God to Help Us See Opportunities I really want to make disciples of Jesus.  So one of my consistent prayers is that God will help me see and recognize opportunities to engage people about Jesus.  There is a lot of talk in Christian circles these days about Covid-19 and an opportunity for a spiritual…