The over emphasis on experiences is what causes many charismatic churches fall into excesses and going off on tangents. But we cannot also have a solely rational relationship with our faith. Two extremes exist today and that is rationality and experience feeling based faith. Our faith must follow the Hebrews 11 pattern. Now faith is….so Hebrews 11 defines well what is faith. Now faith is the evidence of what is hoped for…hope is an ingredient of faith. Without hope there can be no faith. Is the substance of what is unseen…what is unseen has no visible substance. Therefore there must … Continue reading The Evidence of the Substance is the substance of the evidence

All of us have stories of bad experiences in Church or Ministry.  Those experiences are sometimes traumatic and bitter. They can determine how we view people and God. Romans 8:28 is a key for this post. All things work. So in the negative all things can work for our evil. However because we are called to a PURPOSE that cancels out the evil workings so ALL THINGS will work together for our GOOD. Our expectation is to be grounded not in empty triumphalism but a grounded realism. I will have all which is sufficient to live and fulfil the Purpose … Continue reading Evidence of Substance part 2: dealing with bad experiences