The Higher Christian Life
How to Experience the Abundant Life Jesus Promised55: The Difference Between Living or Just Being Alive
We have been talking about the Higher Christian Life for quite some time. And today, we will discover Jesus pointing to this manner of life, the “abundant life” as He called it in John 10:10, while …
54: How to Know the Will of God When We Pray
For many believers, prayer is often confusing and frustrating. We pray earnestly, with as much faith as we can muster up, and many times the answer to our heartfelt prayer is no, or worse, silence …
53: Faith, Revival, and the Example of George Muller
When we look at the condition of our world and of the spiritual temperature of the church, the clear assessment is that we need revival. Not a revival meeting or a revival as a once-a-year event …
52: Immanuel and the Higher Christian Life
One of the unmistakable truths that leads to a fuller understanding of the Higher Christian Life is our embracing the fact of the Holy Spirit living in us. I know you know that, at least cognitively …
51: How to Understand the Fear of the Lord
We have shared in the past that we often find a fuller understanding of the Higher Christian Life in the small words of Scripture. Simple, often overlooked as unimportant words like “know” or the …
50: Living in the Kingdom, While Living on Earth
We, as believers, are dual citizens and live in two kingdoms. We have temporal citizenship in this world, or so it seems, maybe as a citizen of the United States or whatever country you may be from …
49: Something More Powerful Than Your Faith
The trait that defined the members of the early church that seems absent in the church today is found in the simple word, power. And it is the very same power (dúnamis) that was promised through …
48: Jesus and His Dependence on the Holy Spirit
As we continue looking at the book of Acts, especially the account of the lives of those in the early church, we are stopped cold in our tracks and amazed by a small, cryptic phrase found in Acts …
47: School’s Out— Time to Do Something
We have two key objectives in mind. One, to grow closer to our Lord and experience the Higher Christian Life, or at least try to understand what the Higher Christian Life looks like in real-time …
46: How to Experience Freedom From Your “Besetting Sins”
If we were honest with ourselves, most of us would admit it is sin that keeps us from experiencing the Higher Christian Life. And it’s not our horrible, gross, never-talk-about, sin that grieves …