KINGDOM TITBITS

I have been meditating on the nature of God recently. His greatness. His holiness. The sheer expansiveness of His kingdom and creation. The more  I reflect on these things, the more I realize how small our thinking tends to be, not because we are unintelligent, but because we default to earthly logic when God has an entirely different way of seeing. This article carries a few truths I believe will shift your understanding of who God is and how He intends for you to live. Not just spiritually in theory, but practically, in the dimensions of life that actually matter. There is always an interaction between the heavenly and earthly realms. Between the Creator and the creature. Between the Father and His sons. As believers, we are called to stop defaulting to the earthly and start drawing from the heavenly. "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth."  — Colossians 3:2 (NKJV) That is the invitation. Here is the understanding that makes it possible. 1. God Is Etern...

The prodigal son rehearsed a speech on his way home. He had thought it through carefully. Every word measured. Every expectation managed downward. By the time he reached the edge of his father's property, he had already decided what he deserved and what he would ask for. "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."  — Luke 15:18-19 (NKJV) He planned to return as a servant. He had written himself out of the family. And in doing so, he revealed something that gets to the heart of one of the greatest struggles in the Christian life. He had lost his sense of who he was. What the Enemy Is Always After Before we follow the son home, we need to understand what was really happening in that far country. Yes, he wasted his inheritance. Yes, he made catastrophic choices. Yes, he ended up feeding pigs and envying their food. These are real consequences of real decisions. But beneath al...

There is a pattern that plays out in nearly every organization, church included. The loudest person in the room gets the credit. The busiest-looking team gets the recognition. The most visible activity attracts the most applause. And somewhere in the background, the person actually holding everything together works in silence. Unnoticed. Unrewarded. Eventually, unseen. Friction is not action. But because friction is louder and often more visible than genuine work, organizations consistently mistake one for the other. They attach results to the wrong source. They reward noise. And the most valuable work, done quietly and without fanfare, goes unrecognized. This is not a new problem. Solomon saw it clearly three thousand years ago. The Difference Between Friction and Action Friction produces heat. Action produces results. A wheel spinning without traction generates noise. Visible motion. Considerable energy expenditure. It does not move the vehicle forward. That is friction. And in organ...

What matters more? Your outward appearance or your inner spiritual life? Scripture answers that question plainly. Yet most people, including many sincere believers, live as though the opposite were true. We live in a world that rewards appearances. The outer man gets all the attention. How you look. What you wear. What you own. How others perceive you on a Tuesday afternoon. Entire industries exist to polish the outside while the inside quietly grows tired, distracted, and starved. But Scripture draws a sharper line. Every person carries two dimensions: the outer man and the inner man. One is visible and temporary. The other is hidden and eternal. Only one of them carries lasting weight. What Is the Outer Man? The outer man is what people can see. It is shaped by time, culture, and circumstance. It develops, matures, and eventually declines. No amount of discipline stops that process. No amount of money preserves it indefinitely. And deep down, everyone already knows this, even if they...

I have been studying holiness for some time now. And I keep running into the same contradictions. One Christian tells another they are being "holier than thou." Someone warns a friend not to be "too holy." And somewhere along the way, a quiet but dangerous idea took root: that wholehearted pursuit of holiness is excessive, dull, or reserved for a particular kind of person. But those phrases raise an honest question. What exactly is the right measure of holiness? How much is too little? How much is too much? And who gets to decide? The only reliable place to find that answer is Scripture. What God Actually Says God does not suggest holiness. He commands it. "For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy." — Leviticus 11:44 (NKJV) Leviticus 19:2 repeats it without softening: "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: 'You shall be holy, for I the Lord your ...