Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”- Genesis 4:6-7 Kyle Idleman […]
“And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them because He had compassion on His people.”- 2 Chronicles 36:15 (NKJV) In Chapter 2 (“Coming to Your Senses”) of AHA, Kyle Idleman begins by discussing alarm ring tones on cell phones. Kyle states he’s discovered […]
Kyle Idleman concludes Chapter 1 of AHA by sharing his discovery that many travelers are driven to the Distant Country because they are running away from a god that doesn’t exist. They are rejecting a god of their own creation rather than trusting the true God who created them. The choice is created god or […]
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God . . .”- Isaiah 59:1-2 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”- Romans 3:23 As Kyle Idleman continues Chapter […]
AHA: Awakening. Honesty. Action. is the most recent book by Kyle Idleman, teaching pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He states that we draw closer to God and change our lives for good by awakening to the reality of our true spiritual condition, assessing ourselves and our need for Jesus with raw honesty, […]
In their conclusion to Chapter 11 of Missing Jesus, Charles and Janet Morris emphasize that just as Jesus personally opened up the Scriptures to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, He personally will open them up to us. Both then and now, Jesus is the great truth-bearer, causing a realization in our hearts […]
Charles and Janet Morris continue their discussion of prayer in Chapter 11 of Missing Jesus by stating that Jesus not only promises to handle our problems, He also delivers us out of our small world of immediate concerns and brings us to a more expansive realm. Our dark anti-gospel thoughts are brought into the light […]
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”- Revelation 3:20 In Chapter 11 (“How Not to Miss Jesus”) , the concluding chapter of Missing Jesus, authors Charles and Janet Morris discuss the subject of […]
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.”- Romans 8:18 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.”- Isaiah 60:1 Charles and Janet Morris begin Chapter 10 (“The Dawn of […]
“We will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands.”- Hosea 14:3 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”- Romans 12:2 In Chapter 9 […]
“Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord . . .”- Jeremiah 9:23,24 […]
Authors Charles and Janet Morris begin Chapter 6 (“The Great Dilemma”) of Missing Jesus with a favorite story an avid golfing friend of theirs likes to tell. One day, as the friend teed off, the ball went sailing into the rough. The friend was startled to hear a loud, raspy voice behind him say, “Oh, […]