Beasts Among Us

Goerge MacDonald was a Congregational Minister who preached and taught in the mid-1850s.  He was radical and was at odds with his denomination. His understanding of Kingdom reality departed too much from the church’s understanding to be considered acceptable to them. He ultimately found more success as a creative writer of poems and short stories

Revolution by George Barna

It is not too often that I come across a book that reshapes my understanding of reality.  This one has.  I stumbled on the book while doing research on the Western Church, and could not put it down. George Barna, the lead researcher for Barna surveys for many years, presents a new way of thinking

God’s REIGN: Chapter 3

This content is unique copyrighted material by Jamey Dye and is available in Kendal or paperback through Amazon using this link: God’s REIGN: The Kingdom Among Us I publish here to provide my readers with what I believe to be a powerful and useful way to engage God and the Bible. Please do not download

Easter and Ego

As I walked the half mile from my hotel room towards the Arc-De-Triumph this morning, I pondered the word, Ego. A Latin word for self, adapted by Freud, in his attempt to quantify the various inner drivers that motivate mankind to speak, feel, and act. The word is much older than Freud. Discussions about self,

Who Is the Greatest?

This post is taken from my book on power in the Church, recently titled and republished as God Washes Feet. Matthew 18 has the following pieces that should be kept together as one complete answer to the argument of who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven: Jesus begins His answer to who is

We Need a Faith Community to Thrive – Bible &Culture Part I

Based on my experience, the research of others, and my reading of the Bible, I have concluded that the working out of our salvation as described in the following text is intended to be done in our community: When young teenage Bowi (in the red dress) married Bagai she became responsible for caring for his

Eternal Resolution Part Four – A Fruit Tree or Ticket?

Experiencing the Abiding Life with Christ We have spent three weeks talking about the Eternal Resolution. If you have made that Resolution and are not experiencing God regularly, I pray my writings will help renew your resolve to ask, seek, and knock, and may the all-powerful God of the universe come in and dine with

Eternal Resolution Part 3 – Identify and Christian

Review: In my journey to reflect on my parent’s legacy I am currently focused on my father’s thesis, Bible Translation Strategy – An Analysis of Spiritual Impact by T. Wayne Dye. In that document, I stumbled on this interesting description of our most important life resolution: “A relevant step of faith can be analyzed in

What is in a dream?

Dreams, as a means for divine guidance, are as old as human records and are universally reported in cultures all over the world.  They have driven extreme behavior in human history resulting in the destruction of people groups, the rise of powerful nations, and the decision to accept or reject individuals up to and including

God Came to Earth as a Baby to Birth A Kingdom

Note:  All scripture is from the YouVerse Bible New Living Translation 2021 Jesus’ Origin “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to