The Community of Mutual Delight

In the Old Covenant, outside of the promised land, Joshua and Caleb said to the congregation of the people of Israel:

"If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey" (Numbers 14:8).

In the New Covenant, there is no longer an "IF the Lord delights in us, He will..."; He already unceasingly, exquisitely and eternally delights, rejoices, blisses, celebrates, feasts and pleasures in you in Christ.

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Untwisting the Gospel: (#1) Untwisting Gifts

This is the first in a series of blogs "Untwisting the Gospel" regarding the untwisting of God-given gifts that have been twisted, causing major problems in the lives of people and the church.  (Credit goes to my friend and colleague Baxter Kruger for the title of this series). People around the world have been asking for counsel and prayer concerning the same problem.  They have profound spiritual gifts, but they want to give them back to God.

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