The Skilled Workman of Jesus https://www.bergsland.org/ This is the title given to the designer anointed by God to create the Tabernacle in the Wilderness in Exodus. My goal is to be a designer under that type of anointing Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:02:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 https://i0.wp.com/www.bergsland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-SWlogo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Skilled Workman https://www.bergsland.org/ 32 32 28086283 Presenting my books as fine art https://www.bergsland.org/2024/10/book-production/epub3-book-design/presenting-my-books-as-fine-art/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:26:14 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13877 Presenting my books as fine art has become the delight of my life. But as usual, my way is unusual. Writing in InDesign makes fine art ePUBs possible and I love it. Of course the limitations of HTML are always going to be a problem. But InDesign can do a lot. Another part of the problem is that you never really own your ePUBs. Kindle, Books, Nook, and Kobo plus all the rest of the distributing companies … Continue reading →

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]]> 13877 We must be who we are https://www.bergsland.org/2024/10/discipleship/ministry-resources/leadership/we-must-be-who-we-are/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:12:04 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13862 We must be who we are in the midst of the assault. The barrage of lies tempts us, with its confusion, to give up and let someone else do the deed. Our focus must be on Truth. Truth is a person, the one who we accept as the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. Yeshua Messiah is Truth. He defined it when He created everything in this 3D universe. Jesus defined truth, beauty, love, holiness, … Continue reading →

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]]> 13862 Reckon yourself dead https://www.bergsland.org/2024/09/discipleship/reckon-yourself-dead/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:50:46 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13796 Reckon yourself dead was one of the first things I learned when I met Jesus in 1974. It was the core of my Dad’s teaching, at the time. He was my full-time mentor for the first year and a half as the Lord began my transformation from drug-crazed hippy. It was a major part of my foundation: Jesus did it all, I was dead, the Lord had a plan, I could trust Him.  The death was the … Continue reading →

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]]> 13796 Expanding the millennial vision https://www.bergsland.org/2024/09/recentposts/expanding-the-millennial-vision/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13749 Expanding the millennial vision helps me to prepare for the coming changes. For the church, they won’t be painful yet still massive. Try to get your head around the idea that within a decade or so we will be living in complete spiritual union with our fiancée, Yeshua Messiah. Judging by Jesus’s priestly prayer before He and His disciples headed down to Gethsemane, it is clear that when the marriage is consummated at the marriage supper of … Continue reading →

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]]> 13749 Procedure or satisfaction — Bible or Word https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/discipleship/procedure-or-satisfaction-bible-or-word/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:30:45 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13741 Procedure or satisfaction seems to be the crux of this problem I’m seeing. It’s not recognizing where the life is coming from. A large problem is my tendency to see importance without thinking things through. But this has been going on for a long time. I finally learned what the core problem is. Part of it has surfaced again recently as I have turned to evangelical pastors on YouTube for teaching scripture. At least they are covering … Continue reading →

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]]> 13741 The end of doctrine draws near https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/recentposts/the-end-of-doctrine-draws-near/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:38:34 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13718 The end of doctrine draws near and I (for one) am very pleased. Doctrine is used to build a denomination. The age of doctrine is nearly completed. It was necessary for a group which is breaking off from the overall church as a result of the effort to reform it. In a real way, Luther was the impetus for the beginning of the denominational wars. Don’t tell him, though. He’d be upset. It was necessary because Luther … Continue reading →

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]]> 13718 Screw around with no consequences https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/discipleship/screw-around-with-no-consequences/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 01:45:36 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13706 Screw around with no consequences is the core message of the pro-choice crowd. It’s at the side of the wide and easy road. It always has been. No one wants to deal with the fact that the designer of us all designed us so that this caused a lot of problems—which we are now living through. Avoiding those problems is the reward for following the original plan. You know where the man cleaves to his wife, and … Continue reading →

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]]> 13706 Evangelism or discipleship we need both https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/discipleship/ministry-resources/evangelism-or-discipleship-we-need-both/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 18:14:08 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13695 Evangelism or discipleship we need both and it’s a real problem. The Lord has been working on me for the past five years. He has me attached to an aggressive special forces evangelistic church. I’ve had a hard time with it. Because they have a clear call and they are anointed in that direction. But I come from the discipleship camp. My current church does not do any discipleship, as I understand it. It’s been interesting to … Continue reading →

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]]> 13695 Laying the foundation for a new life https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/discipleship/laying-the-foundation-for-a-new-life/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:31:56 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13685 Laying the foundation for helping the religious into Life is necessary. At this point in the Church Age we’ve come to the place where the normal believer’s life has nearly disappeared. It’s hard to ignore the huge numbers of religious people who have not fulfilled the basic necessities of salvation. I call them churchians, as opposed to Christians, let alone believers. Before we can talk about what a normal believer is, we must lay a solid and … Continue reading →

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]]> 13685 Functional cessationism is a major problem https://www.bergsland.org/2024/08/discipleship/holy-spirit/functional-cessationism-is-a-major-problem/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:39:46 +0000 https://www.bergsland.org/?p=13671 Functional cessationism is a major problem as the world falls apart.  As the endtimes intensify, His power will become more and more important in our lives. These are truly the perilous times Paul taught about in II Timothy 3: 1–3. We need the Holy Spirit to thread our way through the increasing chaos. As I’ve shared many times, The Lord has been radically disciplining me over the past five years since my wife went home. Part of … Continue reading →

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