One of the foundational concepts in all existence is truth. Truth can also be known as facts or that which corresponds to or adequately expresses what is real. The nature of truth is crucial to the Christian faith. Not only does Christianity claim there is absolute truth (truth for everyone, everywhere, at all times), but…
Everybody has them, some put them on display for all to see, yet others spend lots of energy hiding them, and yet even more alter them. What we are talking about is “emotions”. Emotions gets a bad rap. We even get judgmental and label some people as “emotional”. When there is a sappy movie it…
The time spent together over the last few months going through Crushing by TD Jakes, has been nothing short of miraculous. As we went through this book, each of us have gone through life changing events. Some of us have been crushed before our eyes. Others have been in the vat for a season of…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we sit down and discuss the culmination of a great work. From the beginning of this series we have gone from concept of a seed being planted and how it had going through the “process” of growing, maturing and then being used to produce a unique, valuable…
With this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we push forward through chapter 13; titled ‘A Tasting with the King’. If we have been tracking through the book to this part we have learned the principles of how there once was a seed planted, the challenges and struggles the vine had in growing and maturing.…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we go through chapter 12; titled ‘An Eternal Pairing’. The chapter uses the experience of tasting fine wine, not necessarily just the by-product of grapes but how it is paired with other tastes of the pallet. For many wine is not that marvelous, and for others they…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we move through chapter 11; Spiritual Fermentation. Pastor Jakes begins the chapter describing his visit to Israel, and visiting numerous places and brought our attention to the physical actions fo the Orthodox Jews who bring their prayers to the wailing wall and then “rock” and pray. It…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we continue into chapter 10; Out of the Tomb and into the Bottle. As Pastor Jakes used the event of his wife’s physical condition, we too and reflect on numerous times in our life that brought us to a point of decision and how the pain was…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, chapter 9; A Vat Full of Wait, we are thrown into a situation of reality. If we could not relate to much of the first chapters, it is amazing how we can possibly recall many times in our life where we have been in a vat of…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we review chapter 8 and learn get an up front and personal perspective of love and commitment. Crushing for the purposes of making God’s eternal wine requires us to change the way we see our lives. Just as winemaking necessitates that the grapes must be crushed to…