On Composing Papers
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008As believers, each one of us ought to be compiling papers. We ought to have a growing stack of articles and papers on things that the Lord has made alive to us. There ought to always be something “on the stove.” It is like an artist working on several canvases at once. He is working […]
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.
Mt. Sinai versus the Cross of Christ
Thursday, March 6th, 2008God’s revelation of Himself and the giving of the Law at Sinai was a history-shaping occurrence. However, in our insistence upon confining Him to Sinai, are we not again guilty of limiting the Holy One of Israel? Should our well-meaning defending of His Name and interests be founded solely on this revelation? Why refuse to think of Him other than in images that are convenient or congruent to our life-style? This would be the ultimate idolatry, ironically, in the name of rejecting idolatry!
The Ministerial Mystique
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008One of the greatest dangers facing anyone in ministry for the Lord, be it a worship leader, a pastor, a missionary, a Sunday school teacher, is that an unconscious affectation can creep in unnoticed. It is where a person takes on a style or role that they have adopted for themselves over a course of time.
Judaism and the Resurrected Life
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Any believer who lives presently unto the Lord, and for the Lord, out of the abundance of Life in Christ Jesus, demonstrates to the yet unbelieving Jew [or Gentile], like the Apostle Paul, the millennial mode of life of a future, restored Israel.
Israel in the Prophets
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Another probing examination from the O.T. Prophets on the subject of Israel’s destiny. Includes an insightful interpretation of Isaiah 52 and 53.
Strange Fire II
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Similar to K-297, and continuing with the theme, Art examines the anatomy of what propels young men and women to initiate their own service for God: namely, the desire to see the glory as being more important than the holiness of God. A 2006 message.
Strange Fire I
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008From Leviticus chapter 10 and the episode of Aaron’s two sons, Art shows how rash, impetuous and self-initiating works done in the service of God may well be a type of “false fire” – reducing the sense of God, the fear of Him, and His holiness. An early 2000’s message.
The Schiavo Case – A Conflict of Life
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A resurrection message in which Art sets forth the unique difference between the resurrection life of God in comparison with the human, natural, and religious (and lesser) equivalent. A 2005 message.
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 Mercy of God in Repentance
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Art maintains that the overwhelming number of believers have a much more phraseological Christianity than they know rather than an experiential union with God. A foundational word on true repentance.
The Sense of God
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Does our speaking and preaching convey the majesty, sense and awe of God? A call to something more than “correctness” in our Christian faith.
Rom. 9 – 11: The Mystery of Israel
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A theme central to all Paul’s apostolic teaching especially insofar as it pertains to the issue of the glory of God forever.
An Instruction in Discernment
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A statement on the natural self that, in the last analysis, will be found to militate against God and His way.
The Life and the Law
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Art explores the basis for our relationship with God: regulations and requiring laws, or, in the light God’s mercy, to prove what the perfect, acceptable will of God is in any given moment.
Gleanings from Psalm 24
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A description of those who truly seek the Lord for His sake. A challenge to the casual, self-satisfied Christian.
The Rejection of God
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008The very heart of sin is the rejection of God and the glory of God, especially in the form that God chose to reveal Himself in the advent, crucifixion and death of His Son.
The Eternal Now
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008If the present ‘now’ is not rightly esteemed and we defer to some later time, we will suffer proportionate unreality. A message for the lazy and the procrastinating. Ends with an insight on true repentance.
The Anatomy of Cross Evasion
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A call for a return to the Cross – the most epochal event in the whole of history, and indeed, the heart of the faith itself.
The Church Eternal
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008The Church is not a new phenomenon, but a continuation of what was given from the beginning in its full Hebraic content.
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