This what the Lord said to me last night: “If you never sinned you still wouldn’t be righteous.” “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). “Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I…
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Inside Out
Photo from http://milkshakemelody.com/figurvore/index.php?topic=1183.0 The other night I read my son a Little Golden Book about Jesus’s birth. Making theology meaningful to a three year old is no easy task. Still, I wanted the incarnation of God to be more concrete. My son likes babies so I started out talking about how Jesus was born a little…
Wonderful Things in Your Law (Part 6)
Please read parts 1-5 before continuing… Scripture gives us a choice: keep the law or live by the us in Christ/Christ in us relationship. The former is the old covenant, the latter the new covenant. “By calling this covenant ‘new,’ he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon…
This Is What Is Written (Part 1)
Interpreting the scriptures is central to Christian belief. After all, the way someone interprets the Bible determines how they understand and live out their faith. These days, many methods of biblical interpretation have been advanced. Some favor a literal interpretation, some a wholly symbolic one. Others believe that no book of the Bible can be…
Compass, Cross, Bungee, and Buddha
My freshman year of college I became deeply troubled by questions: “Why do I exist?” “What is true?” One night, I stayed up late talking philosophy with a friend. My distress was reaching critical mass. I spent the rest of the night and the whole next day awake, wrestling with my lack of answers. I…
Fallen Away (Part 2)
Image from My Safety Sign “For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy spirit, tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of…
A Monstrous Confession
OK. Confession time. I love monsters—in literature, film, you name it. Years ago, I read an article that talked about monsters as powerful artistic symbols. Up to that point, I mainly thought of Bela Lugosi or Lon Chaney slouching through a B-movie set on one of the back lots at Universal Studios. You know, Plan…
Suggestion Box
I’m going to step out here and do something I’ve never done before. This is a question for readers of The Voice of One: Is there anything you’d like me to write a post about? This is definitely a risky move because this post could easily hang out there, flapping in the cyber-wind, with nary…
The Idols of Christ and the Cross (Part 1)
The following is an excerpt from my booklet about Micah. A link to the full booklet can be found under the heading, “Booklets: The Spirit of Prophecy Series.” Micah addresses at least two types of false religion: fertility cults and Molech worship. Fertility cults involved worship of various deities…
The Idols of Christ and the Cross (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a series. Read part 1 here: https://thevoiceofone.org/2013/01/11/the-idols-of-christ-and-the-cross-part-1/ The exacting spirit of Molech also insinuates itself into the life of the church. Molech, it was pointed out, demanded that his worshipers give up their children to appease him. God gave up His own Son for us…
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