Spiritual Authority
Friday, December 10th, 2010Speaking from Mark 9, Art shows that true spiritual authority conveys the reality and the sense of God as He is, and goes on to show where that reality is found and maintained.
Is Death the End? – The Reality of Hell
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008The reality of Hell needs to be anguished over, and to be understood as a terrible and eternal calamity. Once your life ends, there is no turning back; there is no second chance; there is no way to make amends when you realize that what you have spurned all your living days in those who […]
On Denying Reality: A Formula for Madness
Monday, March 24th, 2008From the perspective of faith, that is, seeing things as God sees them, the denial of Christ, [His Advent, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension] nay, the unwillingness to grant Him even scant attention, has got to be the greatest anomaly of all times.
Deep Calling Unto Deep
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I have long suspected that the deepest issues that are at the root of strife and division in the Body of Christ are not at the level of doctrine. Doctrine is often employed as the subterfuge beneath which the real issues of fear, insecurity and mistrust are too often concealed.
The Core of Prophetic and Apostolic Reality
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Another expression of this theme that tries to capture the heart and meaning of those two great biblical words and their corresponding reality
The God who Devastates
Saturday, March 1st, 2008If Divine reality is to come into the church in its present unreal condition, then we need to expect devastations in our midst of the deepest and challenging kind. The text is from the suffering of Job.
Gleanings from Psalm 37 (1 of 2)
Saturday, March 1st, 2008A commentary on this psalm that strikes deeply at a perception of reality unique to God.
Prophetic Reality versus Fantasy
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Art shows that the false prophets were themselves deceived about their knowledge of God. Then, as now, nothing has changed.
The Reality of the Christmas Story
Saturday, March 1st, 2008The manger needs to be rescued from department store windows and returned to its rightful place as the picture of a humble and receptive heart.
The Reality Principle
Monday, February 25th, 2008Something is being pressed just now upon my consciousness that has been percolating for some time in my inner being. A recent two hour conversation with an unbelieving Jewish man made me to further realize that I am definitely at odds with the world, its logic, and its premises.