My last post featured an excerpt from New Birth Fundamentals by Mallory Patrick. However, I forgot to post a link to the rest of the book in case people are interested in reading the whole book. Whoops! Proof I’m human 😉 A note about the book: It is formatted for print so the pages aren’t exactly…
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New Birth Fundamentals–Mallory Patrick
This post is taken from New Birth Fundamentals, a book by Mallory Patrick. The first chapter is quoted below. New Birth Fundamentals was originally written as a curriculum for Freedom Christian Academy. Besides being an author, Mallory is a Bible teacher, editor, book worm, and my sister-in-law. Mallory chairs In Him Ministries and is affiliated with Christ…
Come out of Her!
Revelation 19 begins with the fall of Babylon. Babylon has rich, symbolic significance throughout scripture. It is the first kingdom mentioned in the Bible (Gen. 10:10). Babylon was the site where human government, culture, and religion united in their own way, apart from God (Gen. 11:1-9). In Revelation, John sees Babylon as a “notorious…
Knowing the Satisfied God–Rabon Byrd
Knowing the Satisfied God–Rabon Byrd A few months back, one of my Facebook friends posted a quote that caught my attention. The quote was from a book he had written, and he was meditating on it. I asked for a copy of the book and a pdf version of Knowing the Satisfied God appeared in my…
The Hall and the Vision
Back in October, I wrote about the day I was born again. That was a powerful experience. But I wasn’t ready to follow the Lord afterwards. The next four years, there was little evidence of Christ in me. I investigated Taoism and made a go at practicing Buddhism. My personal life continued in its immoral,…
Mosaics, Quilts, and Piles of Socks
What should church “look like?” How should we “do church?” I hear these and similar questions bandied about regularly. There are lots of different answers. Some say we should “do church” like they did in the New Testament. In reality, there was no single New Testament way of “doing church.” There was a mosaic of…
The Unknown Within
“I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him. I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”…
Give Me Your Worst
Sketch by Patrick Murphy “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). “Grace” is the Life which can suffer and die yet be raised again. Christ in us is grace. He can go through weaknesses, difficulties, persecutions, and the like (2 Cor. 12:10). Not only do these not…
The Holy of Holies in Action
The following is an entry from my journal written in December 2007. *** Sometimes I worry that I’m not with the Lord enough, that He is always shoved out by circumstances. Today, the Lord is again telling me to trust Him. As I was trying to pray, He said, “Can’t you see how much striving…
The Voice of One 