Category: 09 | The Holy Spirit

James Montgomery Boice, the former pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, tells the following true story in his commentary on Romans.1 In 1966, a Hindu holy man named Rao announced to his followers that he was going to walk on water.  The announcement brought a great deal of attention with it.  On the day […]

Writers usually have a hard time finding introductions but several years ago this one fell into my lap.  It is a newspaper article from the La Crosse Tribune entitled “Deer Loses Head-Butt with Lawn Ornament.”  It says: A love-struck buck ran out of luck a week ago. The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed […]

The Bible teaches that God is a Trinity – one divine nature and three persons. The three persons are equal but not identical. Much has been said and written about the Son’s place in the Trinity but somewhat less has been said about the Spirit’s place. Let’s take a closer look and see some wonderful […]

Winston Churchill once said that the Soviet Union was like “a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma”1 and Christians could say the same thing about many subjects in the Bible.  Subjects like demons,2 predestination,3 and end times4 have puzzled believers throughout the ages.  The Holy Spirit’s work in the Old Testament is much the same way. Before […]

To begin this article, it might help to make a short confession.  I am a Star Wars fan.  I am not a Star Wars fanatic.  I do not blog about it or dress up like the characters.  However, I did own a Star Wars pillow case from the time I was 4 until right before […]