A Sound Heart

Those who are suffering in abusive relationships lose their sense of self.  They fell for the charm and swagger of the abuser, and did not realize that it was only a mask.  It was the mask-trap of a fiendish and diabolic manipulative personality who carefully chooses his/her victim target.  The charming deceiver is there to crush the life out of its target, and turn the person into an empty depend...

The merely religious ones do not realize that God is not impressed with outward acts of piety.  He knows the depths of human selfishness and betrayal.  He therefore knows that superficial piety is really self-worship.  I-dolatry is the foundational thanatological (death) milieu of the human condition apart from Christ.  The flesh does not want you to live the crucified life that is mandated by Jes...

It's time to get serious about eternal life in Jesus.  No more cosmic values, or cosmic attitudes.  The things of this world have no place in the lives of believing ones.  If we are truly being transformed from glory, to glory then we are becoming more like Jesus.  This process of Christlikeness is to be our greatest desire.  It must become our singular purpose.  When Jesus was here during his pub...

We all have faced or will face negative experiences in life.  We also have the power to decide how we will use those experiences to determine our world-view.  We can decide that the world is poised against us, and it is useless to face it with courage, or we can decide that we will fight the good fight of faith.  Decisions determine destiny so be sure of your decisions because they define who you...

Too often past narratives control the present.  Those who are living the past in the present tense cannnot experience life in superabundance as spoken of by Jesus.  For too many people negative experiences of the past color the present.  The souls of such persons are stained by experiences that have distorted life.  They have believed the lie that they cannot ever rise above the past.  They have a...

Church history is filled with narratives of ruin, and horror done to wipe out the people of God.  These stories are not hidden from the church today, but they are ignored by the church today.  The church today is ahistorical.  It is not connected to the past or to the future.  It is only a present tense entity preoccupied only with its immediate ultimate concerns.  The historical Jesus as revealed...

The missional imperative of the church is to preach the Gospel to the unsaved and teach the people of God the Word of God.  This divine mandate is not without its problems because the devil ever seeks to hinder the Gospel.  Church History teaches that when a servant of God cannot go on the Word of God does not stop.  The world is being caused to pass away by the power of God, and the devil knows t...

Powerful forces in the unseen world fight against the church, and its mandate to preach the Gospel to the unsaved, and teach the Word of God to the people of God.  The church today had lost its spiritual vitality because it has no real vision for the people of God.  The people of God are being sold tired and trite platitudes as the Word of God.  Platitudes do not save.  Platitudes do not help peop...

There is a supernatural aspect to history that we do not often discuss because the world is convinced that there is no supernatural realm.  Our platform of existence is infused with the supernatural though we like to believe that we are mere psycho-physical beings.  We are more than the firing of synapses and neuro-pathways.  We are unitary beings who can see only one one-millionth of the electrom...

The subject of Soteriology or the doctrine of salvation is highly important for all believing ones to master.  Soteriology teaches the doctrine of salvation from Genesis to Revelation.  The details of God's saving activity are explored in great dealt in the biblical documents therefore necessity is placed upon us to master the Word of God.  Mastery of the Word of God is not mere intellectual exerc...

Our spiritual wellbeing rests upon the bedrock of the Word of God.  Do you see today how easily people lie?  Do you see the disdain and contempt that people have for the truth?  Anyone who builds his or her life-narrative upon lies will not prosper in life.  Lies are self-defeating stories.  At some point the break down will happen to the ruin of the liar.  We are called to chose either a life of...

The anti-christ will be a charming and winsome figure.  He will be master of the art of deception and intrigue.  His words will have the hypnotic power to seduce and mislead with unbelievable results.  He will be seen as a messianic figure who brings peace to the world.  It will, however, be a false peace.  He will tell people what they want to hear in order to have them cooperate with his nefario...

Theologies that have tried to elevate the bravado of man always leave much to be desired.  What is lacking is a strong appreciation of the power of God.  Intellectual dishonesty has tried to make God less than God to make him acceptable, but who needs a God that is less than God.  The world that rejects the Grace of God as revealed in Jesus will have a god that is less than God, and he will demand...

The west has stepped into the abyss of irrationality, and there is no prophetic voice to call it back from madness.  Pseudo-scholars and counselors have opted for the word of man in this time of great distress.  The word of man will not stay the darkness that eats at the soul of the west.  Social commentary is filled with alarm and fear; but the powers of darkness cry out what you see is not darkn...

The morphologic change of the will is complete when you surrender to the Will of God.  Do not despise the day of small beginnings.  God is the God of the impossible from the human perspective, but he can do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.  We cannot imagine the power of God with our intellects.  We cannot comprehend his ability to uphold the universe with the Word of his power...

We are admonished in the New testament documents not to make plans to live within the sphere of sinful practices.  The practice of sinful behavior  means that a believing one in walking in the flesh.  The flesh is a Pauline term for behavior of negative and destructive consequences.  Those who sow to the flesh reap corruption.  I have seen over the years persons who have chosen to ignore the Word...

Believing ones are mandated to be Spirit-filled.  The spiritual constant that we are to follow is an intrinsic pattern of behavior that is guided by the Spirit of God.  When we follow the Word of God we will have fruitful lives.  Being filled with the Spirit changes the personality into a mighty power (weapon) in the hands of God.  However, the powers of darkness do not want the people of God to k...

There are many therapies today that promise particular results.  We have, however, found that for the most part therapies do not lead to genuine self-awareness.  Genuine self-awareness must be based upon truth, and not a convenient fiction.  A fantasy self is not the real self that struggles with ultimate concerns such as the meaning of life.  A life that is meaningful is found in the Jesus.  He i...

Jesus is the only way (Gk. hodos, road) that one may come to have eternal life.  There is no selfishness in him.  There is no desire to manipulate you in him.  There is no design to deceive you in him.  He will never sell you a false sense of self.  He will only tell you the truth about the human condition of being lost in trespasses and sins without him.  He will give you rest from the relentless...

The awakened heart knows that it is alive through a power not of this age.  This age is characterized by power deeply wedded to the power of darkness.  The new life in Jesus is built upon the love of God and his redeeming Grace.  The cross of Jesus has been trivialized by humanistic theologians who sacrifice the truth of God for selfish advantage.  The cross of Jesus is central to the purpose of G...

The resurrection event was/is an historical event that has transformed history.  Believing ones are those who have come to know in an experientail manner the reality of the resurrection.  The resurrection of Jesus is no mere cognitive doctrine.  It is living reality.  It redefines who we are, and what we do.  Our behavior is defined by the resurrecion.  We ca no more pretend with the world that we...

The resurrection is a perfect tense event that has forever altered the physico-mathematical fabric of reality as we know it.  We have not even tapped into the enormous energy source, and nor can we imagine such a power.  Energy in transformation is a relaible constant in our consciousness, but energy-information that can cause a body claimed by thanatos (death) to stand up is beyond our science an...

The resurrection of Jesus took place in 33 A.D. and it still has substantive importance for humanity.  Yes, there are those who deny, and scoff at what they call the absurdity of the resurrection, but the evidence is abundant.  The resurrection of Jesus has provided the world with a real message of salvation.  The resurrection of Jesus is apolitical and it is not apolitical.  The attempt to discre...

God raised Jesus out from among the dead(adj.) by the power of the Spirit the Holy.  It it only by the power of the Spirit that one can experience newness of life in the cosmos system.  God's work of calling out a group of persons who have been born again is still going on despite the constructive apostasy in today's local churches.  Historic beliefs have been replaced by "What is, is right."  Per...

A Sound Heart radio will explore the power of prophetic vision to provide the people of God with purpose.  Without purpose people cannot know who they are within universe.  Without a sense of purpose people become devoted to senseless carnality and empty lusts.  Without a sense of purpose people will do the unthinkable and unspeakable without guilt or shame.  God is not a mere cognitive projection...