#double-minded

“One of the greatest curses of the modern evangelical movement, in my opinion, is that we are somehow becoming ‘popular.’ Just as soon as you become popular, something goes out of your life, or more accurately, something has gone out of your life before you get popular.

“Historically, the Christian had to be emphatic. He had two words: yea or nay. When God was talking to him, he said yes, and…

James 4:4-9 4You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?  6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the…

IT HAD BEEN a rough eighteen months. The days were long and the nights were empty and shadowy. All I wanted to do was eat, sleep, and watch Jeopardy! Most likely, if you tried calling my cell phone I would not answer. Spiritual depression had me by the throat and my soul was heavy. With each new “crisis,” I cried out, Why, God?! No doubt I drove some friends nuts with my constant complaining. I…

Unstable: changeable, fickle, unbalanced, unsteady. God compares being unstable to being like water and says those who are unstable won’t excel. Genesis 49:4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. Double mindedness for one leads to instability. Double minded: having two inconsistent attitudes toward…