Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

The Spirit Moves Us Around—Some Reflections

“And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and…

Cataracts of Unbelief Remaining

We are not perfect believers. Cataracts of unbelief cloud our sight and therefore we still stumble, much to our dismay. However, if we gaze intently at his glory revealed in his word to us, due to the transforming aid of the Spirit, our sight of him is clarified from one degree to another creating increasing conformity to him. And, we look with hope because we know that when we see him as he is, there will be no filtering doubts…

The Negotiables: Must We Forever Do Things The Same Way?

I am a lover of the local church in any form I find it, provided we mean the same thing by “church.” I’ve had sixty years of ministry in all kinds of churches, internationally and here in the States. I have seen some great ones and some very sad, sickly ones—and that has little to do with size. If it is a true church, however, I’m for it and wish to see it flourish. I’ve not lost my enthusiasm for…

Fences

It had not occurred to me that the fences in view on our back porch were so much in the style of colonial America. Such fences always impressed me when visiting Williamsburg in Virginia. The very wealthy might have wrought iron or stone, but the common fence 250 years ago was four feet high and wooden, sometimes painted but often not, just like ours. There is a warmth to that, as I look out over the fences here among neighbors,…