There can be a difference between believing a doctrine—even having a deep, accurate understanding of it—and living it. The ultimate goal of seeking truth must be to live what we believe.

       As we have covered, Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We begin by knowing Him as the Way. We mature as we begin to know Him as the Truth, but if we do not go on to know Him as our Life,  we do not fully know Him as the Way or the Truth. He must become our Life....

       A few years ago, a popular program host sent his staff to interview graduate students at some of our top-ranked universities in the U.S. The first question the grad students were asked was if they were socialists. Almost all said “yes.” Then, they were asked, “What is socialism?” Not a single one could answer this. Some tried and were embarrassed. Perhaps it would be good to understand anything we claim to be or believe in.

       These were grad students at the best universities in the U.S., the country that spends the most per...

       The highest level of seeing is not just seeing Jesus in everything but seeing everything through Jesus, through His eyes. This can only come from abiding in Him. This must always be our primary devotion.

       As new creations, we’re called to live increasingly in the realm of the Spirit. Even more important than having Jesus with us in the work we are doing here is that we enter the heavenly places to be seated with Him on His throne, doing the work that He is doing. It’s not just about being there but about...

       As we have covered, there is a principle of biblical interpretation called “the principle of first mention.” This principle (not law) states that wherever something is mentioned the first time in Scripture, there is usually a basic revelation of its purpose. For example, the first time the word “prophet” is mentioned, it is in the same verse where the word “pray” is used. This indicates how prayer and the prophetic are linked.

       The first time Scripture mentions that God has a house is in Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28. In this dream, Jacob...

       If you’re a parent of more than one child, it is likely that one of the great enigmas in your life is how two children who came from the same two parents can be born so different in nature. Then, we need to consider how we all have the same heavenly Father, yet every human being is so different! This has implications that can either help us or hinder us in understanding our world. How?

       First, if our God loves uniqueness and diversity so much that He sows creativity into each of us...