Tag Archives: faith
A New (Year’s) vision for my life…
Over Christmas break I spent a lot of time with connecting with God and dealing with many of the issues that arose from my descent into depression in November and December. After some major revelations, some highs and lows, and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Commentary
Tagged dreams, dreams for my life, faith, hope, hopes for my life, life goals, New Years Resolutions, vision, vision for my life
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To hallmarks of following Jesus: a life altering allegiance and being empowered by the Spirit of God
So if following Jesus was not supposed to look like what is on offer in most of Christian, what was it supposed to look like? While this is a much larger topic, I want to just bring up two of … Continue reading
Accepting an invitation to follow Jesus…
At the first night of the School of Supernatural Ministry (SSM) I felt led to go “all in” with my involvement with the School of Supernatural Ministry and at Pihop. Since my own experiences in inner healing prayer I have … Continue reading
What it’s like to pray for healing for juvenile arthritis…
Due to the miraculous healing I have received in inner healing prayer I began to pray for physical healing for arthritis for the first time in many years. During this time my pain decreased to the point where I forgot … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged arthritis, Christ, Christianity, faith, healing, Jesus, Jesus Christ, juvenile arthritis, prayer, prayers for healing
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A farewell present for Andrea Bressler
Sadly one of my friends at Fuller, Andrea Bressler, shall be moving on from seminary for bigger and better things. Recently we took a communication class together and after my “Biblical Message” speech she sent me an email in which … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged 1 John, 1 John 4, 1 John 4:19, Christian love, Christian ministry, Christianity, faith, God's love for us, Jesus, love, ministry, preaching, we love because he first loved us
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Recovery Journal: Learned Helplessness and the Theology of the Abused (Part 1)
Part 1: My identity is not in Christ, it is in Seligman’s dogs. During my Introduction to Psychology class at Pasadena City College we covered something briefly that I think was very impactful for my life and I’m sure my … Continue reading
Posted in Recovery Journal
Tagged abuse, benevolence, faith, human experience, learned helplessness, theodicy, theology
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Why do we believe…we should run the Church like any other secular organization? (Conclusion: Because of syncretism with Western Culture)
Leslie Newbigin was a British missionary who lived in India for forty years. When he arrived in India he saw with clarity the insights and idols of the Eastern Indian culture. While Indian Christians were more susceptible to the subtle … Continue reading
Posted in Why do we believe...
Tagged Christianity, Church, confusion, faith, syncretism, the Gospel, the Gospel and Culture, Western Culture
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Speakfaithfully 
Arthritis and the Word of the Lord
I’ve written about it from time to time but I am still suffering from arthritis and have been praying for complete supernatural healing since last spring. To recap briefly I was diagnosed with arthritis when I was eight years old after … Continue reading →