A house church leader related a story about the work of the Holy Spirit in our modern day. Telling how the Holy Spirit woke him up in the middle of the night and instructed him to gather the fruits, vegetables, and meat that the house church had stored up to care for people in need and take it to a…
“Does anyone even know we are here?” That’s a tough question we, the church, from time to time, should be asking ourselves. I picked up on an idea many years ago while working for Larry J Timmerman, at that time Administrative Bishop of the Church of God in Alabama. Larry would, on occasion, stop a short distance from an appointment…
Having a tough day? They seem to come around quite often and can sometimes be so grueling, it makes one wonder if they are ever going to end. The Apostle Paul had a tough day or two. Let’s drop in on one and see if we can learn anything from how he handled it. First of all, the man…
I awoke recently long before the sun had peeped over the eastern horizon, with a sobering question on my mind. Rattling around in my brain was a somber inquiry; “I wonder if we are living in a real-life fulfillment of what Jesus called ‘the beginning of sorrows’”? To make things easy for you, here’s the statement He made. All…
Like many of you, I am watching the horrid actions of the Taliban unfold in Afghanistan. As they march in their bloody determination to exterminate all those who trust in Jesus, I am met with a mixture of emotions. Part of me wants to blame those who have left them as hapless victims before the predators. Part of me wants…
I recently read the opinion of an immensely popular preacher. He stated, that in his opinion, the biggest threat in the church today is “jealousy” amongst ministries. My initial reaction was, honestly, very shallow, and carnal. I immediately thought of a handful of threats to the church in America which overshadow jealousy amongst ministries like Mt. Everest towers over…
I have been stirred by recently reading Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways. He makes a powerful point by outlining the problems being faced by today’s church. He is prophetic when writing we “have woken up to find ourselves in contact with a strange and expected reality” (3). I think we can all agree with that statement. Covid is again surging. …
Paul makes an amazing statement to the Ephesian church. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). He does not tell us God conjures up blessings on an as-needed basis, but that these blessings have already been provided. These blessings are…
Who, or what, captures your attention these days? The economy? The political shenanigans dominating our headlines? CRT? Perhaps you are now preoccupied with “Delta,” not the kind created by an expanding and receding river, but the newly minted form of, I hate to say it, “Covid.” Whatever, or whomever, seems to be nabbing your attention at this moment, there is…
Everyone paying attention is painfully aware of the shifting of our culture away from anything Godly and the rising tide of anti-Christian thought. If you tune into the news or watch any of the countless talking heads on televised media, prepare to have your faith insulted, your Lord demeaned, and your sanity questioned. For those of us who have grown…
