There's an idea making the rounds these days that being sweet, soft and agreeable somehow makes you good. That the talkative guy who's in touch with his feminine side is somehow virtuous. That the young woman who's agreeable to anything and everything is somehow tolerant and … [Read more...] about The Mouth of the Righteous
Power
In Higher Hands
There is a kind of busy man, whose busyness makes him almost unapproachable. He uses his busyness as a way of keeping people at a distance. Then there is the man who isn't doing anything in particular but his mind is always racing. Such a man finds it hard to be "in the … [Read more...] about In Higher Hands
Meekness
Jesus did not come to defend a dead men. He did not come to defend the old you. He came to finish the job and put the old man to death once and for all. Jesus defends the raised, the born again, the delivered. Jesus defends the new man. He acquits the guilty by taking the guilt … [Read more...] about Meekness
The Procession of Power
Jesus Christ died for the atonement and forgiveness of sins. He was raised for our justification. He was exalted for our redemption, ascended into Heaven for our deliverance from the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of Light – whose capital city is the New, Heavenly … [Read more...] about The Procession of Power
Authority
If you want to know what is in a man, if you want to know what he is really made of, then you put him into the corridors of power. For this, we have no shortage of examples. We imagine that men like Pol Pot or Stalin were exceptions, and we imagine that if we ever got into the … [Read more...] about Authority