Mike’s Blogs

On the one hand we might see the futility of trying to reach a God whose thoughts and ways are as high above ours as the heavens are above the earth (Isa. 55) that might make us want to quit before we start. But on the other hand, “we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor....

Don’t be satisfied with conversion, for it is just the launching pad into the gospel of the kingdom. Don’t stop with a salvation of the small gospel of a lesser god, leading you to an equally small impact on life. The witness of too many now filling our pews now...

In Matthew 6 Jesus put the danger of counterfeits in perspective when He said, “If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness?!” I believe what He was saying was there would be more hope for those who had not come to the light, yet would be open to...

The Spirit is not calling us to merely survive as Christians in the sinful world of the kingdom of man, but to be totally transformed beings radiating His peace and presence in an entirely different kingdom He has established with great purpose and joy! Accepting the...

Think about this: Jesus spoke of being the Messiah who would defeat death and yet no one understood, nor was the power of it known, until the event of His resurrection. He came forth from the grave, appeared to many to prove it, and ascended to heaven. Pretty amazing....

We too often misinterpret the word repent to mean saying, “I’m sorry” to God after transgressing. And, to a point, that is true. If we are going to change our mind it must be from something old, or past. But it must also be toward something new. If merely coming from...

After over 400 years of silence, and with this new and glorious covenant and age in the form of Jesus Christ dawning upon His church, our King could have chosen so much to say about where He’d been and where we were going. Just think of the pages it could have filled!...

It’s your choice: take the blue pill, close this book and take it to the used bookstore. Go back “to church” a couple of comfortable hours a week and continue living for the world’s rewards. Or take the red pill and elect to go all the way down the rabbit hole to a...

Jesus’ stated mission was not to evangelize the Gentiles. Rather, it was to bring those children lost in His own house into a new kingdom. If the condition of God’s house isn’t right, it can’t possibly portray a proper picture of Him to those outside looking in. What...

For those who truly wish to follow Christ the greatest choice of all, one that will determine the life we lead, the fruit we bear in this world, and perhaps our very salvation is an election we make. Only two kingdoms exist on earth. There is no acceptable middle...