Archive for April 2026
Non-Negotiable #2 – The Narrow Path, Part 5
THE SWEET TRUTHThe sweet truth of life in the Kingdom of God is that the primal need that shapes our hopes and dreams in life can be met in our restored relationship with the Father through the Son. We were created with an inescapable need for fellowship with the One in Whose image we are…
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THE CHURCH’S BEST KEPT SECRETThe Church’s best kept secret is that the Abundant Life that we seek for as long as we live is on the other side of that narrow gate. It’s part of the “all these things” of Matthew 6:33 and the R-P-J (righteousness, peace and joy) of Romans 14:17, all of which…
Read MoreNon-Negotiable #2 – The Narrow Path, Part 3
Part 3THE BIG QUESTIONSo how can we know if we’re on the broad path or the narrow one? Well, what we love in life tells us a lot about that, and again we have two options – we can love God or we can love the world. It’s that cut and dried and our choice…
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(See Part 1)A JEALOUS GOD In describing God as jealous: “The word describes the ardent, protective zeal Yahweh displays toward His covenant people and His own honor. Rather than suggesting petty envy, it portrays the intensity with which God safeguards the exclusivity of the relationship He established through covenant. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7067.htm God doesn’t do well with…
Read MoreNon-Negotiable #2 – The Narrow Path, Part 1
CONFESSIONI write this at a time when God is dealing with me personally and intensely. I sense that He is in the process of preparing us to stand strong in troubled times, maybe soon, and part of that is to shorten the rope that allows us to wander from Him, the Center Pivot of all…
Read MoreNon-Negotiable #1B – Forgiveness
PART BThree key principles for me about forgiving others are: 1) Knowing that Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God, paid for my offenses against God,* motivates me, a sinner saved by grace, to forgive others as He forgives me. How can I not? 2) Remembering my own ongoing need for God’s grace and forgiveness helps…
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PART ADid you wince when you saw that title? Yeah, this is one of the toughest principles for Abundant Life. The blend of calling, gifting, personality, life experience and personal brokenness that makes me “Ken,” led to many opportunities to practice or reject it through the years. I know the struggle – and I know…
Read MoreSuperpowers and Their Non-Negotiables
This is the first in a series on what I believe to be God’s non-negotiables. You will find some of them hard to swallow and please correct me if I’m making something more non-negotiable than He intends. America is a global superpower. We have the world’s mightiest military and can impose our non-negotiables upon many…
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