I am originally from Ohio but I and my wife Cindy now live between Lincoln and Capitan, New Mexico. I was first introduced to Jesus at age 11 but did not really start to walk with Him until I was 25. Since that time (with the exception of a few years off for bad behavior), I have studied His Word intensely, committing myself to find Him and follow after Him no matter what the cost. The long strange trip of my life has proven costly in many ways, but the treasure in Christ which I have gained is not worth comparing to the light and momentary afflictions which have been the milestones on my spiritual journey.

• Salvation
• Deeper Christian Living
• Politics
• Relationships
• Church
• America
• Miscellaneous Stuff
• Word Studies
• Commentary
• Songs and Poems

• Salvation

  To be saved means to be rescued from danger or death. Many today believe themselves to be saved when they are not while many others do not believe there are any eternal dangers to be rescued from.

  • Genuine Christians
  • An Acceptable Truth
  • Advice to New Believers
  • Salvation by Grace - How It Works
  • Two Questions
  • So You Think You're a Christian
  • What About Those Lost Millions?
  • From "Once Upon a Time..." to "Happily Every After"? - a discussion of the "once saved, always saved" theory
  • But I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  
  

• Deeper Christian Living

  Spiritual shallowness and superficiality is the norm in most "churches." The only way out of that trap is to pursue God for yourself.

  • No Substitutions
  • One Spirit
  • Spirit and Truth
  • Known
  • To Live For
  • Like a Flood
  • Three Parables
  • Demonized
  • Praying Through
  • Fear This
  • The Death of Selfishness
  • The Tyranny of Gifts
  • Practicing a Lie
  • The Nature of Love
  • Truth and Grace
  • Nuggets
  • Tears
  • In My Name
  • Cultivating Sight
  • Same Sin, Different Day
  • Implications of Ownership
  • In His Rest
  • The Futility of Life
  • Foundations
  • Meditations
  
  

• Politics

  The role of politics in the life of a Christian is very controversial but it is one of the stewardships that God has given us nonetheless.

  • An Historical Indictment
  • The Purpose of America
  
  

• Relationships

  The sum of our life is to be found in our relationships - to God and to one another.

  • A Warped Perspective
  • Ruthless Goddess
  
  

• Church

  It is better to be led than to be fed. He who feeds you a meal fills you for a moment, but he who leads you to green pastures where you can feed yourself gives you your life.

  Ekklesia or Church will be (God willing) a book soon. These essays, which have been edited and updated, are about the "church" and the ekklesia and they are a timely message to everyone who is seeing the shallowness, the error and the insanity of "church" life and who want to know the truth about being the body of Christ, the ekklesia.

  1. What God Is Really Saying Now
  2. The Shell Game
  3. The Lost Power of Words
  4. On the Basis of Scripture
  5. Nothing New
  6. Questions and Answers About Churchianity
  7. But I Met God There
  8. The Book
  9. Catch 22: The American" Church's" Dilemmas
  10. "But the Building Is Only a Tool"
  11. Review of "The Open Church"
  12. In Search of the Perfect Church
  13. The Paradigm Shift
  14. What's Wrong With "Church"?
  15. Pastors
  16. Origins
  17. The New Testament Pattern of Ekklesia
  18. Hypocrisy:The Dread Disease of Frustration
  19. FUBAR: Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
  20. Why Now?
  21. The Worst Enemy
  22. The Local Church in the Time of Apostasy
  23. Apostasy or Rapture
  24. Betrayal
  25. WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?)
  26. The Assembly
  27. One Big Circle
  28. Silence
  29. Told to Go
  30. The Power of Truth
  31. Joy For All?
  32. War and Responsibility
  33. How "Eld" Must an Elder Be?
  34. Jude's Dilemma
  35. Missionaries
  36. How Far Is Too Far?
  37. Teachers
  38. Unity Is Not Optional
  39. Wolves: How to Spot a False Shepherd
  40. Paths of Righteousness
  41. History Revisited
  42. Spirit and Truth
  43. Almost There
  44. Ordination
  45. A Vision and Confirming Insights
  46. Ask Not What God Can Do For You
  47. Purity
  Appendix A: Ekklesia - A Word Study
  Appendix B: One Anothering Commands
  
  

• The American Lifestyle

  The Gospel transcends our culture - though many "Christians" seem unable to recognize this truth. Unless our message calls our culture and society to account, we have a "different gospel."

  • In Search of an Answer
  • Vicarious Love
  • Treasures
  • Wealth: Blessing, Curse or Test?
  • Entertaining Dangers
  
  

• Miscellaneous Stuff

  There's always something that just doesn't quite fit into the major categories.

  • Martyrdom

Word Studies:

• The Sons of the Devil
• Ekklesia - A Word Study
• The New Testament Pattern of Ekklesia
• Our Duty
• Abominations to God

Commentary:

• James - Now updated through Jas. 1:8

Songs and Poems:

• Distant Lands
• Hungry Hearts
• Be Still
• Have You Forgotten?
• That I May Know Him

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God bless you for visiting this website. Please keep me in your prayers. - Neil