Category Archives: John 14-17

Pope Francis and the unity of the faith

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Mel Wild

I’m not a Roman Catholic, nor do I think Pope Francis is the antichrist (or Obama, or whoever your latest villain is). Let me start there. This post continues the “unity of the faith” theme of my last post. Previously, … Continue reading →

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We won’t find peace dancing at the Door

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Mel Wild

I want to share some things I’ve been pondering lately about how our relationship with the Father is critical to living the overcoming life we were meant to live. We had Jonathan and Amy Claussen, founders of Family Restoration Project, … Continue reading →

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The spiritual orphan mindset

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Mel Wild

Every once and a while I’ll turn my radio back on and expose myself to the theology of popular Christian music, only to be reminded again why I don’t listen to it. The other day was no exception. To be … Continue reading →

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There are no divisions, denominations or interpretative methods in Heaven

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Mel Wild

Did you ever think that there are no Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, Pentecostals, Charismatics, you name it, in heaven?  There’s only one family in perfect union with Christ, and each other, in the Father’s embrace by the Spirit (Eph.3:14-15; 2 … Continue reading →

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How do we know truth?

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Mel Wild

If you read my last post, I left you down the proverbial rabbit hole on the problems with being taught what to think as opposed to how to think.  Today, we’ll begin working ourselves back out and into the light … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing our non-relational god (part two)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Mel Wild

 “Religion is what you do when you don’t know you’re included.” – C. Baxter Kruger For if we don’t know that God’s plan was to place us inside the Eternal Fellowship between the Father, Son and Spirit, we must invent something else. This … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing our non-relational god (part one)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Mel Wild

Have we made a god in our evangelical imaginations so immovable, so self-sufficient, so transcendent, so other…that He’s unapproachable and unknowable to us? Have we made Him so lofty that we’ve forgotten that we’re in Him?

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Obeying Jesus’ commandments

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Mel Wild

Just how do we obey Jesus? And, for that matter, how do we actually do what Jesus did? (W.W.J.A.D.) Secondly, what is the outcome of this obedience? I ask this because when you understand what I have to say, it will unlock … Continue reading →

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Do you know where your mansion is?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Mel Wild

As we approach Easter, I would like to talk about a popular sentiment in our Western evangelical imaginations. And I will start with a question… Is Jesus preparing you a mansion in glory for when you die and go to heaven? Or, was He … Continue reading →

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Quote: Derek Prince on John 14:6

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Mel Wild

“Charismatic and evangelical Christians love to quote the words of Jesus in John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Yet I believe that many of us have … Continue reading →

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