After so many years of formal and personal training by the Holy Spirit (through the church, Bible college and seminary) into knowing and trusting God’s Word, becoming disciplined, and serving others with our gifts, God has granted Che and I the desires of our hearts—to plant a new church, as embassy, in an unchurched community … Read more
Belinda asks: How does the authority of the local church, given by Jesus relate to the title deed which went from Adam and Eve to Satan? Does Satan have any authority? Is church authority related? Do you know of any relevant verse references? Great questions that show a wonderful desire to understand the state of … Read more
Belinda J. asks: Is this [Jubilee] still a thing in Jewish religion? When we understand what the year of Jubilee is, then we can understand whether or not that year could be observed today. Leviticus 25 is a chair passage concerning this topic. I highly recommend anyone interested in this topic to read the details … Read more
Today’s Q&A is a very special one for my wife and me. We just found out our wonderful mentor and father in the Word was diagnosed with lymphoma. With great care and great diligence in the Scriptures, Stan Linder was used to mature Che and me to think and act more like Christ. God worked … Read more
Steve H. asks about the Abrahamic Covenant: I know it is often treated as one covenant, but it seems to me to be at least three covenants. They are closely related, but slightly different. The first is Genesis 15:18 and has to do with the descendants of Abram (which would include Ishmael) and the lands … Read more
Chaos seems to be increasing across the world leading to great individual suffering. Its during our hardest times that we can receive at best, counsel consisting of quips like, “time heals all wounds” or “God has a plan for you”, or at worst we’re told to “suck it up!” shallow counsel only increases the suffering … Read more
Throughout the ongoing teaching in the Doers Class we have seen that Christian growth starts with being in God’s Word, meditating on it throughout the day, then being compelled into His doing by the working of the Holy Spirit. We have typically looked at Christian growth as growing closer to God, but we need to … Read more
Doers, fantastic job on finishing the Gospels! I hope you savored living with Jesus every day in His Word. I also hope you feel the same way I do when, in the text, I stood with the disciples and watched Him ascend into Heaven while admiring Him as my King. Enjoy this small snippet of … Read more
Just as Jesus was glorified with the Father after His redemptive and disciple-making work on earth was finished (Jn 17:4-8), our glorification with Jesus will only happen after we have finished our work here as well. We have work to do (Mt 4:19-20; 28:18-20; Acts 1:8)! This also begs the question… “Can we truly call … Read more
Greetings to all that have helped my wife and me to this point in our desire to plant a church to reach our community for Christ. Thank you for your continued prayers despite having no update until this point. We have been undergoing a lot of life changes from changing jobs, changing churches, getting my … Read more