COMING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

A few years ago, Jan and I learned an important principle. Wherever we go to minister, we arrive carrying Jesus’ blessing. That understanding is not just for the times we are asked to speak somewhere. It applies to all aspects of our lives. We came to this...

A HARD TRUTH

For the last several years, I’ve been reading how people are attempting to rewrite Scripture, softening its impact to make it easier to digest. This applies to sexual sins, the consequence of a person who has lived a life of disobedience, and whether hell is real or...

WHEN TRADITION BECOMES A PROBLEM

At Christmas time, we all have traditions we follow. Those good traditions bring families together in joyful celebrations. There is another kind of tradition – a negative kind. These are the unexamined religious traditions. They can lead us away from a pure and...

FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Every individual, city, and nation will have an opportunity to respond to the message of Jesus or to reject Him. The choices people make about the message of Jesus will determine their fate. After Jesus returned to his hometown of Nazareth, His familiarity with the...

IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE

Jesus revealed a principle of spiritual warfare while He was asleep in the back of a boat, as a severe storm struck while the Lord and His disciples were crossing a lake. Water began to enter the boat as Jesus continued sleeping. His disciples, men experienced in...

WHAT THE WORD “SCRIPTURE” ACTUALLY MEANS

A seminary professor once said that to fully understand Jesus, we must read and understand what was prophesied about Him in the Old Testament. That full and historic manifestation of Jesus builds our faith. Many believers today are unaware of what was written about...