Week 6 is where the study turns constructive and pastoral. After clarifying what spirituality is not (mere effort, gifting, experience, or counterfeit power), Scripture now answers the question every believer eventually asks:Read More…
Week 5 is a necessary sobering turn in the study. After establishing what true biblical spirituality is (Spirit-indwelt life flowing from salvation), Scripture now warns us that not everything supernatural, impressive, orRead More…
Week 4 fits perfectly here—it guards the study from drifting into moralism or vague spirituality and anchors everything firmly in the gospel. Below is a fully expanded Week 4 that follows theRead More…
Glad to continue this—Week 3 is the theological hinge of the entire study. Everything before this week explains why spiritual identity was impossible; everything after it explains how spiritual life is nowRead More…
Spirit Activity Without Spiritual Identity Introduction: When God Works Through People Before He Lives Within Them One of the most confusing realities in the Bible—and in the church today—is that God canRead More…
Introduction: Why Definitions Matter in Biblical Spirituality In our cultural moment, the word “spiritual” is used constantly—and loosely. People say things like: “I’m spiritual but not religious” “That experience was very spiritual”Read More…
Spiritual, that is a word that many of us have heard probably more than once. Some times it can be derogatory and other times it can be a compliment. But as Christians,Read More…
Have you heard people mention the name disciples? Or even categorized or labeled themselves as a disciple? In the Christian community it is quickly associated with the times of Jesus. Early NewRead More…
As we approach the US holiday of Thanksgiving, it is a good time to acknowledge how it started, and why as a Christian it is important. The Holiday The original thanksgiving celebrationRead More…
John Bunyan, in the second part of his book The Pilgrim’s Progress, describes the time when Christiana and her companions must descend into the Valley of Humiliation. Bunyan describes that place as “aRead More…