But, we may ask, how do we distinguish the voice of the evil one from the voice of God? The key to distinguishing the voice relates to the character or spirit of the voice. Have you ever been approached by a salesperson at your home or at a store who is asking you to consider …
The Voice of the Evil One, Part 1
What about hearing the wrong voice? How do we determine if the voice or voices we are hearing are God's voice, our own voice, or, much worse, the voice of the evil one? It is an often ignored reality that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the authorities, against the powers …
What is Love? part 3
Love is not about feelings, but about deciding with our wills. C. S. Lewis says it this way: "Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to …
What is Love? part 2
Love is not feelings. On the contrary - and this is going to sound rather cold, dull and unexciting (not like warm fuzzies) - love flows out of the will. It is a choice. Read these words: "This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as …
What is Love? part 1
Most often, love is associated with feelings. Whether it's in romance or with family or with friends or in a situation where you're helping someone, we usually connect love with that sort of overwhelming feeling of soft, warm, gushy goodness. Warm fuzzies. They well up within us. "I feel loved" or "I feel loving" right …
Matthew Erickson 