Archive for the 'Gospel' Category
December 23, 2009
When we discover that our hearts are broken and contrite, we come to the Lord with an earnest desire to repent of our sinfulness. It’s out of this repentant heart that we find redemption in Christ. We are redeemed because of his sacrificial love on our behalf expressed in his death on the cross and [...]
Posted in Applied Spirituality, Asian Christians, Attitudes of Blessing, Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Christianity, Conversion, Discipleship, Divine Mind, Divine Potential, God's Love, God's Story, Gospel, Ministry, Spirituality, Wise Words for Today | Tags: Discipleship, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Repentance, Conversion, Restoration, Redemption, Good News, Brokenness, Sinfulness |
December 21, 2009
Mick Turner
Many of us assert that we want to grow spiritually. We tell God and others that we desire to be more Christ-like and chances are, we believe what we are saying. Yet I have found that in more than a few cases, people are not as desirous of spiritual growth as they claim. The [...]
Posted in Apostle Paul, Applied Spirituality, Bible Study, Christian Living, Christianity, Discipleship, Fruit of the Spirit, God's Love, God's Story, Gospel, Grace, Holy Spirit, Issues in Transformation, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Ministry, Mission and Calling, Missions, New Covenant, Obedience, Optimism, Sacred Study, Self-Control, Service, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation, Spirituality, Trusting God | Tags: Bible, Change Your Life, Christian Living, Christianity, Discipleship, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Personal Change, Sacrifice, Spiritual Growth |
December 11, 2009
Mick Turner
In the Christian’s journey of faith it is foundational to understand the following biblical principles before we travel very far down the road of spiritual formation:
God has provided everything we need in order to develop and evolve spiritually. It seems he has done this in ways that are highly mysterious but also highly effective. [...]
Posted in Applied Spirituality, Attitudes of Blessing, Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Christianity, Discipleship, Divine Mind, Divine Potential, God's Kingdom, God's Love, God's Story, Gospel, Grace, Identity In Christ, Inner Light, Issues in Transformation, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Optimism, Personal Renewal, Positive Expectation, Positive Faith, Positive Living, Positive Thinking, Promises of God, Renewal of the Mind, Repentance, Revival, Sacred Study, Scripture, Spiritual Formation, Spirituality, Trusting God | Tags: Christian Living, Christinaity, Discipleship, God's Grace, God's Love, Gospel, Identity In Christ, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, New Creations in Christ |
December 5, 2009
Jesus’ kingdom is not like the other kingdoms of the world, and that’s the point. It is a different kind of kingdom than the worldly kingdoms based on money, power, violence, and sex. The kingdom of God, which Jesus came to inaugurate, is meant to create an alternative reality in this world and, ultimately, to [...]
Posted in Apostle Paul, Applied Spirituality, Attitudes of Blessing, Christian Living, Christianity, Church, Creation Centered Spirituality, Discipleship, Global Church, God's Kingdom, God's Story, Gospel, Grace, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Ministry, Mission and Calling, Morality and Values, Spirituality, Trusting God, United Methodist Church, Wise Words for Today, Worldview | Tags: Change the World, God's Justice, Jesus, Jesus' Teachings, Jim Wallis, Kingdom of God, Spiritual Quotations |
December 1, 2009
L.D. Turner
Starting with Freud and moving forward in its history, the practice of psychotherapy and counseling has had a morbid preoccupation with the past. Although there are doctrinal differences between many of the schools of psychology, a majority of these systems operate under the belief that by dredging up the issues in one’s past, a [...]
Posted in Affirmative Prayer, Apostle Paul, Applied Spirituality, Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Christianity, Conscious Cognition, Discipleship, Divine Mind, Divine Potential, God's Kingdom, God's Story, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Optimism, Paul's Teachings, Personal Discipline, Personal Renewal, Positive Confession, Positive Expectation, Positive Faith, Positive Living, Positive Thinking, Prayer, Praying With Scripture, Promises of God, Renewal of the Mind, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Practices | Tags: Biblical Psychology, Change Your Life, Cognitive Psychology, Discipleship, Personal Growth, Positive Faith, Positive Psychology |
November 25, 2009
You must get in your mind that the God who spoke the universe into existence also has spoken over you. The only reason His Word cannot manifest in your life, as He has spoken it, is that you have not fully accepted the reality of its power and who you are….You must remember at all [...]
Posted in Applied Spirituality, Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Christianity, Church, Discipleship, Divine Mind, Divine Potential, Fruit of the Spirit, God's Kingdom, God's Story, Gospel, Identity In Christ, Issues in Transformation, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Leadership, Mission and Calling, Morality and Values, New Covenant, Obedience, Optimism, Paul's Teachings, Personal Discipline, Personal Renewal, Personal Vision, Positive Expectation, Positive Faith, Positive Living, Positive Thinking, Prayer, Promises of God, Renewal of the Mind, Sacred Character, Sacred Mind, Sacred Mind Ministries, Sacred Study, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Quotations, Success, Trusting God, Wise Words for Today | Tags: Bishop Jim Lowe, Change Your Life, Divine Calling, Divine Potential, God's Purpose, God's Will, Positive Living, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Quotations |
November 23, 2009
Mick Turner
Scripture is filled with great teaching stories. Both the Old and New Testaments contain golden nuggets of wisdom, often hidden in the form of parables and dramatic tales of one kind or another. The problem is we often gloss over these stories because we have read or heard them many times. This sense of [...]
Posted in Applied Spirituality, Asian Christians, Bible Study, China, Chinese Christians, Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Christianity, Church, Conversion, Discipleship, God's Kingdom, God's Love, God's Story, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Repentance, Trusting God | Tags: Chinese Christians, Christian Living, God's Grace, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Parables, Prodigal Son, Repentance |
November 18, 2009
Maybe there’s a dream buried deep inside your soul, and God is waiting to reconstruct it, to put all the bones back together. He is waiting to put muscle and sinew on it and wrap skin around it…God is waiting for you to recognize that you cannot control the four winds, but he can. If [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Christian Optimism, Discipleship, Divine Mind, Divine Potential, God's Love, Gospel, Identity In Christ, Incarnation, Inner Light, Issues in Transformation, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Positive Expectation, Positive Faith, Positive Living, Positive Thinking, Sacred Mind, Sacred Mind Ministries, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Quotations, Spirituality, Wise Words for Today | Tags: Christian Living, Discipleship, Spiritual Quotations, Divine Potential, purpose in life, Irwin Raphael McManus, Spiritual Principles, Living Your Dreams |
November 10, 2009
L.D. “Mick” Turner
Of late I have been exploring the issue of “Covenant” in general the provisions of the New Covenant in particular. I think the theme of covenant is one which we Christians do not invest much thought in. As I explore the issue at more depth, I am increasingly aware of just how tragic [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Apostle Paul, Applied Spirituality, Bible Study, Celtic Christianity, Christianity, Church, Church Renewal, Covenant, God's Kingdom, God's Love, God's Story, Gospel, Grace, Healing, Holy Spirit, Incarnation, Issues in Transformation, Mainline Denominations, Mission and Calling, Promises of God, Trusting God | Tags: Christian Living, Christianity, Discipleship, Divine Embrace of Humanity, God's Covenant, God's Grace, God's Love, God's Story, New Covenant, Old Covenant |
November 2, 2009
“There is a basic difference in strategy for God’s people of the Old Testament and His people of the New. Rather than the come and see of the Old, it is now, go to and live among. It is as critical now as it was in Old Testament times that we live holy lives. Ungodly [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Church Renewal, Compassion, Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, God's Kingdom, God's Love, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus' Teaching, Ministry, Mission and Calling, Service, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Quotations, Spirituality, Wise Words for Today | Tags: Christ and Culture, Christian Living, Christian Service, Discipleship, Jim Petersen, Positive Living, Spiritual Quotations |