In the last two posts we discussed social, economic and political dimensions of God’s vision for the Church as well as Christians. Once again this post will challenge your perspective of Christianity. But hopefully move you to step into God’s vision for YOU. God had a grand evangelical vision for the Church. We call it Read more about God’s Evangelical Vision For The Church[…]
Last week we began discussing dimensions of God’s vision for the Church and individual Christians. This week we’ll bear down on the political dimension of God’s grand vision and the implications for you as a Christian. Again, this week you’re going to have a paradigm shift of your perspective on Christianity. We noted last week Read more about The Political Dimension Of Christianity[…]
There are certain dimensions of the Christian faith that will change your worldview and how you see Christianity. This post will challenge your thinking, force you to unthink suppositions, and re-reason certain assumptions about Christianity. First, we need to get out of religion. Religiosity obfuscates truth about Christianity. Religion is man’s attempt to make meaning Read more about The Dimensions Of God’s Vision[…]
Marriage is a beautiful thing. It is God’s creation – the first human institution established by God. (Genesis 2:18-25) God’s plan for marriage mirrors Christ’s love and relationship with His bride, the Church. (Ephesians 5:22-33; Revelation 21:2,9) Marriage is supposed to be a life-long commitment. And if you desire to be married, you must plan Read more about Marriage Nuggets[…]
There’s an advanced civilization called the realm of the spirit. It’s an invisible realm occupied by extraordinary beings like angels. Humans can’t see into the realm of the spirit because it’s a higher dimension and we are in a lower dimension. We are greatly influenced by what happens in the realm of the spirit. The Read more about Responsibilities of Fatherhood[…]
Last week we discussed the blessings and promises of God looking at the life of David. We learned from the life of David and from God’s promises in 1 Peter 5:10 that God desires to establish us. “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts His blessing and Read more about Tempered Through Trials[…]
“Honour your father and mother.” (Ephesians 6:2) This commandment is at the heart of fulfilling your days quantitatively. In other words, if you want to live long, honour your mother and father. It’s the first commandment with promise. However, the qualitative dimension of fulfilling your days is much bigger than the quantitative dimension. Our foundational Read more about Fulfilling Your Days[…]
We continue our business development studies from where we left off last week. On week 4 we began the study on branding, examining the philosophical and conceptual framework of branding as a discipline. Last week we discussed creating a brand name and embedding a vision within your organization’s name. To read the previous posts from Read more about Business Development (Part 6): Public Relations[…]
We continue our business development studies today from where we left off last week. Last week we began the study on branding, examining the philosophical and conceptual framework of branding as a discipline. We traced the origin of the word, “logo” to Logos and looked at the historical context of Logos. We established that Jesus Read more about Business Development (Part 5): Creating a Brand Name[…]
We began this business sermon series with an examination of the business mindset. Then we looked at resource planning and risk analysis. Last week we took business lessons from the famous Parable of Talents. To read the previous posts from this business series please go to www.myilluminare.com. Today we’re going to begin to look at Read more about Business Development (Part 4): Branding[…]
Today we focus on the famous Parable of the Talents. It is the second parable in Matthew 25. “Talent” in the Parable of the Talents does not refer to singing, artistic talent and the like. It’s a unit of economic value, the weight of gold. In other words, we could title the parable, Parable of Read more about Business Development (Part 3): The Parable of the Talents[…]
Today we’re going to start with God’s economic ideology. God administrates a political kingdom and this kingdom has an economic ideology, just like our political systems. In a communist system for example property rights are vested in the State. The State controls the means of production. But in a capitalist system the individual has property Read more about Business Development (Part 2): The Kingdom and the Virgins[…]