John 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. (ESV) What happened in the Garden of Eden was tragic in so many ways. The root was the fruit. The consumption of the fruit of the tree so messed up our psyche that…
This month Alancetotheheart is two years old. Wow what a journey it has been. 342 posts later I can say much has changed and much has stayed the same. That sounds pretty cliché I know but let me see if I can explain. When I started writing I felt like the “great defender of God’s…
I grew up in a southern US tradition. Family was a really big deal as it is in many places. What I noticed about my grandparents and relatives was how they would “name drop” about this family and that family. I didn’t really understand at that age. They would say “that boy is one of…
I love this progressive revelatory walk with Jesus. If you have been following this site for a time, I hope you have seen the progressive revelation unfold. What amazes me is to go back and read some of the older posts and “see” hidden truths that I didn’t have “theology” for before but have come…
Why didn’t Eve call God into the discussion? Where was God in that story of fruit and trees and snakes? He was right there with Adam and in Adam and in Eve and with Eve. God breathed His life breath into each of them. So where was God? This is the deception that we still…
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden ’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the…
Do you know the show “Monk?” I used to watch that show with my kids. This guy Monk was really OCD with some pretty strange phobias but he had this gift to “see.” He could walk in a room and “see” exactly what happened, what was missing, what didn’t belong, what was out-of-place and more.…
Wrong fruit consumption is the real issue. I know I reference this often but I do believe that our consumption of the knowledge of good and evil is the problem that needs a solution. Jesus is the solution. Do we see the problem? Balance and human justice and personal fairness are products of good and…
Jesus didn’t die to pay for our sin, He came to take it away. Sin is a product of a fallen nature and a fallen world. It is like a disease that needs a cure. It isn’t something that is forgiven day after day with confession after confession. That is just another bondage to another…
What does Jesus evangelism look like? The corporate “formula” for Jesus was to preach about the Kingdom of Heaven (liberation from the Kingdom of the devil, death, law and sin). What was the “formula” for Jesus to the individual? Want to take a look? Please read with caution it may stretch your understanding. In most western…
