"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Eph. 6:12 This verse has the potential to set us free from so much unnecessary human conflict in this life, yet it seems to be one of the hardest realities to receive and ...

The following is an excerpt from a longer post called Stop Eating the Vomit at Dick Borg's blog, Branches in the Vine. -------------------------- But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.- 1 Timothy 6:11 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along wit...

Two Sundays ago we learned that any hope the sincere Christ-follower has of learning the way of submission to God Himself, and any legitimate human authority, must begin with understanding the ultimate submission of God, the Son of God, to God, the Father. In fact, if it were not for the obedience of Jesus on Earth two-thousand years ago we would not have had a church in w...