I am a Christian who writes books and runs JF Ministries, preaching Jesus and teaching healing. Check out my blogs on healing and Solomon. I also love blowing Biblical myths!
So someone hurt you? Said some stuff? Lied to you or about you? Did you take offense? An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city (Proverbs 18:19). Gritted teeth. Folded arms. Shaken head. Jesus’ family took offense at him (Mark 6:3), and no miracles happened in his hometown. The Pharisees took offense at his rebuke (Matthew 15:12) and […]
The second of the Ten Commandments reads, “You shall not make for yourself an idol… You shall not… worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me…” (Exodus 20:4-6). The sin of idolatry was so great it affected […]
Some Scriptures are just plain scary: “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars―their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death” (Revelation 21:8). I mean, that terrible list seems to include everybody! What’s more, it’s Jesus himself speaking. […]
To suggest David was gay, misrepresents both his culture and his covenant. In his lament for his friend, David wrote, “I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women” (2 Samuel 1:26). Many have inferred David had a physical relationship with Jonathan. Culture Homosexuality was […]
Many are confused over our role in spiritual warfare. Should we fast and pray, commanding or binding the principalities and powers in the heavenly realms? The devil’s forces In Daniel 10, the angel Gabriel appears to Daniel, saying he had been fighting the prince of the Persian kingdom (verse 13), and later would fight the prince of Greece. He says […]
(Excerpt from my book Authority) Scripture was never intended to be the subject purely of theological argument or critical analysis, preserved in the formalin of religion, and dissected like a laboratory rat. No! Its purpose is to change lives by revealing the story and fellowship of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and inviting us to belong. […]
The Apostle Paul and his companions were flummoxed. They’d tried to preach in Asia but the Holy Spirit said, ‘No!’ Then they tried Bithinya, and the Spirit said, ‘Nyet.’ Scratching their heads, they went down to Troas to await further instructions. That night Paul dreamed of the ‘man of Macedonia’ begging, ‘Come and help us.’ Excited to have direction at […]
Jesus said he will build his church. So when people want to remove the word, what does that imply? Are we in danger of losing our identity? One day, Jesus asked Peter who he was. Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:16). The Lord’s reply is foundational to our faith, but needs […]
I taught Matthew 16 for years, but always shied away from verse 19. The English translations cannot do justice to the Greek tenses, and I am no Greek scholar. But the Lord recently prompted me to go back to it, and I am glad I did—it is life changing! In Matthew 16:16, Peter declared that Jesus is, “the Christ, the […]