The Crowd

As I wander through the Louvre trying to digest the amazing masterpieces around me, I am offended by the preoccupation of the crowd with the Mona Lisa. The crowd is pressing in all around me to look at this one painting when there are so many, many, thousands of amazing works from artists across time

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,

God’s REIGN: Chapter 1

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

God’s REIGN: The Kingdom Among Us

This is the first of a serie of weekly posts that will publish this book online. 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

Bible & Culture Part II – Eyes to See

Religious people of any persuasion are vulnerable to becoming blind to the movements of God in the world, especially when they become puffed up with pride and full of self-righteousness. Jesus was talking to a learned religious man when He spoke these words: “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

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

Blind Alley

Dye Family Formal for fund raising 1963 Background:  Wayne and Sally Dye were on their way to the mission field with their three little kids. They left their home in Battle Creek Michigan with insufficient funds to make the trip or fund their first year overseas. They were traveling on faith and praying God would

Awakening to God’s Spirit in the Christmas Story

In the Gospel of Luke, we learn that after Mary is told that she will be the Messiah’s mother, she visits Elizabeth. As Mary greets her relative (possibly aunt), the two women experience a moment of awareness. They experience a cognitive connection to the All-Powerful God of the Universe through the person of the Holy Spirit.

Christlikeness Post 9: Inner Purity Part II – Managing the Externals

In the last post, we explored the idea that inner purity was a choice for a Christian and that it is from our hearts that we are defiled. Here are Jesus’ words again on where corruption comes from: “Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear ‘All of you listen,’ he said, ‘and