For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God (1 Corinthians 1:18 NKJV). The message of the cross = the power of God. Photo: Unsplash
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Our physical struggles–our pain, our sickness–are rooted in the reality of a larger struggle. We have an enemy, one who is working hard to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). But we have a savior, who came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). God, equip me…
Leave a CommentAuthor AmyLu Riley thanks God for the life and work of Francis MacNutt (April 22, 1925 – January 12, 2020) and discusses his work. “It would be difficult to overstate the impact of his work on my life. I have been greatly changed and strengthened as a result of the…
2 CommentsI had already read many of Agnes Sanford’s nonfiction books, and a couple of her fiction titles, so I thought I knew what to expect when I picked up her novel The Second Mrs. Wu (Lippincott, 1965). I was wrong. As much as I have learned from, been challenged by,…
2 CommentsUPDATE August 22, 2022: This post no longer accurately reflects my understanding of Paul’s thorn in the flesh. See this post for a note about how God used that phrase before Paul did; the phrase actually has nothing to do with physical sickness. Why I Now Think That I Haven’t…
Leave a CommentLike getting news that was better-than-expected, all of these books surprised me in 2019 in a very good way. Maybe they’ll surprise you, too. The books represent a variety of topics, including: • Miracles • Homosexuality • Women leaders in Christendom • Christian healing • Baptism of the Holy Spirit…
Leave a CommentC.S. Lewis’s Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly On Prayer is a most creative and fascinating read on the topic of prayer and how it works. I highly recommend it. And there’s something else by Lewis I’d recommend reading first, because it helped me get even more out of Letters to Malcolm.…
Leave a CommentSatan has tried, through clever means, to kill, steal, and destroy the healing ministry of the church. In The Healing Reawakening by Francis MacNutt (Chosen Books, 2005), I was awakened as to how he attempted it—and how far he got. And now that I know, I intend to do something. The loss…
Leave a CommentIn the cold early months of 2018, as I first read The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, Mariner Books, 2000), an odd realization formed in my spirit. It was this: that the yet-unpublished pages of what would later become The Lord of The Rings books were actual…
2 CommentsFrom spiritual boredom to spiritual hunger, through times of intimacy and times of silence, my Christian life has changed quite a bit in the past 20 or so years. And recently, I was in a real spiritual battle for its very foundation. “If this is all there is to the…
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