Spiritual Journey

Phill found great joy in continually learning more about the Savior he dedicated his life to. Conversations with Phill often ended with prayer and occasionally a “theological” question. Those of us who knew him truly enjoyed these times of fellowship.

Biblical Reflections

Nehemiah – The Impossible Becomes Possible Through Visionary Collaborative Leadership In A Time of Crises: Two Perspectives

Nehemiah: Chapters 1-8. The story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of desolate Jerusalem is the greatest case study of the power of partnership in...

My Personal Journey: Waking Up To God’s Hand Late In Life

I guess you could say I’ve been a serial entrepreneur. I’d never thought of it as expressly being a Holy Spirit directed thing. In my case it...

The Eternal Tapestry Weaver

In The Journey of Faith We Only See The Back Side. Only HE sees the front. A four week study It is a big, complicated world. Have...

The Greatest Of All Deceptions or How Can the Church Demonstrate Christ to the Watching World?

Context When reviewing the 2,000 year history of the Church, we face two questions. First, how do we account for the fact that, looking at the...

Partnership and the Local Church: The Body’s Many Parts Working Together

Consider any significant issue or problem in your town or city that is or should be of concern to your church – something you think God’s people...

Celestial Navigation

How a Search for a Semitic King Marked the Start of a Global Revolution Matthew 2:1-12 © 2022 Phill Butler It is only in Matthew’s gospel that we...

What Really Happened In The Garden & Why All The Fuss About Unity?

Genesis 1-3 Events and John 17: the destruction and redemption of relationships. Today’s Implications: for the Church globally. God lives in...

Reflections: Jesus’ John 17 Prayer

A torrent of words have been generated over the years in commentary on Jesus’ well-known prayer in John 17:1-26. Any further attempt to explore the...

Jesus said “…Behold, I make all things new.”

Stories, resource materials, and connections to strategic Kingdom networks available on this site repeat Jesus' theme in many different way. When...

Jairus of Capernaum: My Journey

My Background I was born and raised in the fishing village of Capernaum. We’re located about 40 miles NE of Jerusalem on the NW corner of the Sea of...

Joseph: The Head of Jesus’ Earthly Family

My sense is that Joseph, Mary’s husband and head of Jesus’ earthly family, was a man of extraordinary qualities. It was his character and action...

Servanthood: The Principle of Paradox

PHILIPPIANS 2:1-6 Day 1: The Principle of Paradox Taking the very nature of a servant...he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death...

Servanthood: Reasonable Service

ROMANS 12:1-8 Day 2 • Reasonable Service “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,...

Servanthood: Locked Into the System

ROMANS 12:1-8 Day 3 • Locked into the System “Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-make you so that your...

Servanthood: Does He Really Care

LUKE 7:1-10 Day 4• Does He Really Care? "When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. There a...

To Be a Servant: In Someone Else’s Hands

HEBREWS 11:1-6 In Someone Else's Hands “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). “The life I live in the body, I live by faith...

Devotionals

30 Day Devotional: Forgiveness

MATTHEW 18:21-35 Day 1 • Forgiveness—a Process "Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against...

30 Day Devotional: A Personal Journey

Day 1 Invisible makes visible “And God said, “Let there be light,' and there was V light.” (Genesis 1:3) STAND ON A CLOUDLESS DAY and look at the...

30 Day Devotional: To Be a Servant

PHILIPPIANS 2:1-6 Day 1: The Principle of Paradox Taking the very nature of a servant...he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death...

30 Day Devotional: Paradoxes

Day 1 "Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified” (John 12:23). PARADOX: Death is normally thought of as...

30 Day Devotional: Light of My Life

Day 1 Invisible makes visible “And God said, “Let there be light,' and there was V light.” (Genesis 1:3) STAND ON A CLOUDLESS DAY and look at the...

30 Day Devotional: The Time of My Life

2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-18 Day 1 · Present and Future “Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all....