Getting Steamrolled By The Spirit

by Tyler Dirks

Once upon a time there was a paranoid king. The king told his son and his advisors to kill his most proficient general because he envied his popularity (like how Commodus felt about Maximus). The king’s son rebuked his father for being petulant. The king said “Ok, I’ll chill out.” But then another battle occurred, […]

Rightly Handling The Word of Truth

by Tyler Dirks

When you read the following sentence WHO COMES TO MIND? “Present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” A PhD theologian cannot be your primary paradigm. A renowned Christian author cannot be your primary paradigm. A decorous holy man cannot be […]

godliness

by Tyler Dirks

When you hear the word “godliness” what (or who) comes to mind? Really think about this for a moment …what is your paradigm of ‘godliness’? When you read, or hear, the word ‘godliness’ what automatically comes to mind? Approx. 2,000 years ago (when God was walking around a small, seemingly insignificant, part of planet earth) […]

I Wish You Would Bear With Me in a Little Foolishness

by Tyler Dirks

“I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness.” – Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus) Here are some more quotations from Small (aka Paul)… “I feel a divine jealousy for you.” “I betrothed you to one Husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.” “If someone offers y’all a different gospel […]

A Bridegroom of Blood

by Tyler Dirks

E.O. “I’ve got your next sermon. Exodus 4:24-26. That’ll preach.” Bronco: E.O. “Okay, so I only actually texted you that because at first it made no sense to me…I was like”what the crap” .. and I guess I don’t fully grasp the significance and of circumcision in general-(the covenant-outward marking and separation- that they be […]