KINGDOM TITBITS

We live in an age where silence has become unbearable. The moment it arrives, we panic. In the car, in the bathroom, in the thirty seconds between putting down your phone and picking it back up. We reach for our devices. We turn on the TV. We put on background music. Quiet makes us twitch. Stillness makes us itch. So we fill every crack and crevice of our souls with noise: music, podcasts, chatter, scrolling, alerts, the endless hum of digital stimulation. But this is tragic: in drowning out the silence, we've also drowned out the voice of God. We've become people who cannot bear to be alone with our own thoughts, let alone alone with the Almighty. And in our frantic flight from quiet, we've lost something essential. Something we didn't even know we needed until it was gone. The God Who Whispers The prophet Elijah learned something crucial. After years of spectacular ministry, he found himself exhausted. Depressed. Hiding in a cave. He had called down fire from heaven. ...

Dwell on the image of a luxury liner. Gleaming brass and polished wood. The music whispering out of the ballroom as passengers dance and dine oblivious to the water seeping in around the hull below.  That's our world. Not tomorrow's world. Not some far-off apocalyptic future, but the world you woke up in this morning.The Bible doesn't mince words about this. In Hebrews 12:26-27, we find an astonishing promise:  "At t time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, 'Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.' The words 'once more' indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain." Reread that. God isn't threatening to shake things. He's promising to shake them. And not just the earth this time, but the heavens too. Everything built from human imagination, will, and gathered might will be subjected to this sacred earthquake. What can be shaken will be sh...

Something is startling about the image in Revelation 5:9. A Lamb, standing as though slain, is the only one in all creation worthy to break the seals of human destiny. Not a warrior. Not a philosopher-king. A Lamb. And yet this Lamb has redeemed people "out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation." The blood changes everything. The Crimson Thread Through Scripture Long before John saw his vision on Patmos, God was telling this story. Picture the garden—not in its glory, but in its shame. Adam and Eve, suddenly aware of their nakedness, scrambled to cover themselves with fig leaves. Inadequate. Flimsy. A human solution to a divine problem. Then God does something remarkable. Genesis 3:21 tells us He makes garments of skin for them. Skin requires death. Someone had to die so they could be covered. The first blood spilt on earth wasn't Abel's—it was the blood of an innocent animal, shed so humanity could stand clothed before a holy God. This is the pattern. This ...

Something is unsettling about receiving a letter from Jesus. The church at Ephesus got one. And if we're honest, most of us would rather not. We prefer the affirming nod, the "keep up the good work" pat on the back. But Jesus doesn't do superficial assessments. When He walks through your congregation—and make no mistake, He does—He sees everything. The good. The troubling. The thing you've lost without even realising it is gone. Ephesus teaches us a profound lesson: you can do everything right and still miss the point entirely. The Christ Who Sees "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands'" (Revelation 2:1). Jesus opens with His credentials. Not arrogance—necessity. Before he can say what needs saying, they need to know who's saying it. He's not a distant deity issuing mandates from heaven's throne room. He walk...

The Spiritual Blindness of Unbelief Many among the Jewish people could not grasp how Jesus could declare,  "Before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58). To them, such words constituted blasphemy. They failed to recognize that Jesus was not merely another teacher but the eternal Word made flesh, as John describes in his Gospel. Their rejection stemmed from spiritual blindness, a condition that still clouds hearts today when pride replaces faith. Even at the cross, their disbelief reached its culmination. Yet when the Roman centurion witnessed the earthquake and all that transpired, he declared:  "Surely he was the Son of God!" (Matthew 27:54). What they rejected, heaven affirmed. ("This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased")

How Three Verses Can Revolutionize Your Entire Christian Life Have you ever felt caught between two equally frustrating versions of Christianity? On one side, there's the version that treats grace like a license—a divine permission slip that says God doesn't really expect you to change. "We're under grace, not law," people shrug, as though grace were about lowered expectations rather than transforming power. On the other side, there's the version that acknowledges grace theoretically but lives practically as though everything depends on your performance. You're exhausted, never quite sure if you've done enough, constantly anxious about whether God is pleased with you. Both versions are missing something crucial. And ironically, they're both missing the same thing: a complete understanding of what grace actually does. Let me show you three verses that, if properly understood, can revolutionize your entire Christian experience: "For the grace of...

Rejection stands among the most difficult human experiences. Yet throughout Scripture, a profound pattern emerges: rejection often precedes revelation.  The rejection of Jesus Christ was not accidental but was foreshadowed throughout the Old Testament, pointing toward the divine plan of salvation that would unfold through His suffering.  When we examine Scripture closely, we discover that those who carried divine purpose were frequently misunderstood, mocked, and opposed. Their pain served a purpose, and so does ours. Old Testament Patterns: Shadows of Christ's Rejection Before Christ's arrival, the Old Testament contained prophetic patterns that served as shadows of what was to come. Noah provides a compelling example. By faith, he built an ark to save his family and preserve humanity from the flood, as recorded in Genesis chapters six and seven. As Noah obeyed God's command, he endured ridicule and rejection from those who refused to believe his message. His obedience bec...