The recent episode of This American Life is entitled Crybabies. If you are familiar with this show, you know the hour long broadcast (usually 3-4 chapters) centers on one topic. This week’s show highlights the complainers among us. The show producers insist that people who “make lots of noise” ultimately “win” (gaining the attention and [...]

As I spend considerable time in the book of Acts each week, I am confounded by the movement of the Holy Spirit. Just when I think I understand His movement, I encounter a surprise. In Acts 21, Paul journeys to Jerusalem. He has been warned of trouble in the city. He is apparently following the [...]

As I have been teaching through the book of Acts, the Spirit’s movement is unmistakable. He leads, prompts, warns, and directs the apostles. This week, in Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian elders, I am struck by one word. Paul relates that he is “compelled by the Spirit” to go to Jerusalem. The word translated as [...]

I have been reading A.W. Tozier’s book, The Pursuit of God as devotional reading. His words, over fifty years old, speak to the heart of discerning. The sixth chapter is especially applicable. Tozier maintains that God is actively communicating with his people. God is speaking. Not God spoke, but God is speaking. He is by [...]