Unapologetically Apostolic

It's not something that I watched on a regular basis, but I thought about the show The Big Bang Theory. This show followed a group of physists that were very knowledgeable in their fields of study. Leonard, Howard and Raj, while smart and having knowledge, were still able to function in the everyday things of life. Sheldon, however, had such a level of knowledge that he was incapable of operating outside of that knowledge and schedules.  The pursuit of knowledge is not a bad thing. We can't go through life ignorant and dumb. But when knowledge keeps us from living, it becomes an issue.  In 2015, I got into trying to do some art projects. I was drawing and coloring things which I felt God was showing me at the time. One of the things I drew was the outline of a person's head filled with book after book of knowledge. The books were all from the neck up, all in the head and moved no farther than that. There was a pitcher of water being poured into the open skull representing t...

When talking about faith, everyone loves to turn to Matthew 17:20, "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."  Most will condense it down to say, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can do anything. However, the word size is not mentioned in scripture. Luke 17:5-6 is another, "And the apostles said unto the Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamore tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But faith is not the only thing which a mustard seed is used to describe. In Mark 4:30-32, Jesus says, "And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of must...

All around us we hear that our world is in crisis mode. There's a crisis of humanity, a global health crisis, we just saw the end of coronavirus pandemic, the economic crisis, the list goes on and on. But the greatest crisis we face in the world today is a crisis of faith. What is a crisis? Defined as a time of intense difficulty, trouble or danger; a time when a difficult or important decision must be made; the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating recovery or death. The crisis of faith we are experiencing is seeing record numbers of people walk away, sighting a change of beliefs or church hurt as their reasons. People who had been devout for years, some even serving in the ministry, now deny there is a God. They have, in a sense, died. I can remember old songs from growing up which talked about being satisfied with Jesus and songs about your past, some almost glorifying the things you had done previously. These types of songs and mentality se...

In Ezekiel 37, we find the account of the valley of dry bones. In the scripture, we read "The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which  was  full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold,  there were  very many in the open valley; and, lo,  they were  very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I  am  the LORD.So  I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a no...

This posting is difficult to write but it is something that needs to be said. In our lives as believers, even Apostolic believers, we can reach a place of contentment with how our life is going. We do the things we are supposed to do without putting in the effort that we are supposed to. We go through the motions of prayer and church attendance. We quickly read from the Word without allowing it to speak to us. We play the game and our enemy is sitting there laughing at us. The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 5:8 that the adversary (the devil) is roaming around as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He doesn't care how long it takes, whether it's a day or years, as long as he can stop you from being sincere and obedient in your daily walk with Christ, he's winning the battle. We play games with God and the devil is sitting back with a smirk on his face saying "play on playa, the game has just begun." But James 4:7 tells us to submit ourselves to God, to resist the...