by Dick Hill | Jan 22, 2024 | Holy Spirit, Salvation, Uncategorized, Word of God
Many people who were being called to faith in Jesus Christ in the ancient world were slaves. It has been the pleasure of our Creator to use many metaphors to clarify His Word. Bob Dylan’s song back in the day claimed, “The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the...
by Dick Hill | May 31, 2021 | Gospel, Holy Spirit, teaching, Uncategorized
I began my walk with Jesus Christ by studying the apostle Paul’s letter to the Galatians. My very first mentor was a former Presbyterian minister from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named Donald Barnhouse. Through this study the Holy Spirit placed in me an...
by Dick Hill | Apr 15, 2020 | Gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Salvation
Paul is clearly explaining the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. Yesterday we looked at the value of preserving the clarity of the gospel at all cost. We live in a nation that has not done this. We have blurred the lines of the true gospel. We have not valued the truth...
by Dick Hill | Apr 9, 2020 | Christians, Holy Spirit
Still pondering! Our subject is the control of the Holy Spirit. There is no substitute for learning to lean on the Holy Spirit for guidance. We are told to walk by means of the Holy Spirit and not by the flesh (Galatians 5:16-17). We are told to trust in the Lord with...
by Dick Hill | Apr 8, 2020 | Holy Spirit, The Christian Life
More pondering from the Ponderosa. The last ministry of the Holy Spirit that I will cover is His controlling ministry, or His filling. This will take a few posts, but please bear with me. We are told to walk by means of the Holy Spirit and not by the flesh (Galatians...
by Dick Hill | Apr 7, 2020 | Holy Spirit, teaching, The Christian Life
More pondering from the Ponderosa. The rulers of Jesus’ day obviously did not understand God’s wisdom, because had they known it, they would not have carried out the crucifixion. Paul said that God’s wisdom is mysterious—a hidden wisdom—that God predestined before the...
