“When My Father and Mother Forsake Me, Then The Lord Will Take Me Up” — Psalm 27:10 Well, they did and He did. God kept His promise. ~=~=~=~=~ The primary way that I have known God through out my life… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES
Greg Laurie’s Harvest Crusade starts tonight! GregGreg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day… Read More ›
Knowing God (Part One)
One of my regular readers and commenters asked me if I could calculate how much of my knowing God has to do with bible knowledge and how much has been through personal experience. I had to think about it, but… Read More ›
Bride-Atude Eight: The Light Keepers
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… We have a habit of associating persecution only with ‘non-Christian’ countries and oppressive regimes. Especially in democratic societies we tend automatically to think that… Read More ›
Be Kind, Please Rewind
Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms…. Read More ›
Does God Have A Sense of Humor?
As a child growing up I often heard the phrase, “God must have a sense of humor.” As I was watching the History Channel I heard a voice which kept repeating this question. At the moment this question appeared to… Read More ›
Being Filled with the Spirit
We are all filled with something, mostly ourselves, or, like some of the Christians at Ephesus, that and way too much wine (Eph. 5:18). The point is that whatever fills us controls us, constantly captures our attention, and occupies our… Read More ›
SET ME ON FIRE!
The story goes that a woman was milking her cow by the light from a little lamp of oil. The cow kicked over the lamp. The flame kindled a wisp of hay, and another wisp, and another, until all the… Read More ›
Grace: It Isn’t Just For Breakfast Anymore
Episcopal priest Robert Capon said: “We are in a war between dullness and astonishment.” The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the disintegration of the family, moral absolutes, MTV, drugs, racism, sexuality or school prayer. The critical… Read More ›
The Holy Spirit: How to Know if You Have Him
Pentacost by Jean II Restout (Photo Credit Wikipedia) At church the other night our pastor directed anyone interested in receiving prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to go to the prayer room after the service. I was amazed…. Read More ›
3 Things We Can Learn From Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard about Chick-Fil-A’s statement regarding their belief that marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman, only. Apparently in certain areas of the country this is big news…. Read More ›
The Woman at the Well – Part 2
(John 4:27-30, 39-45) In the last post we looked at the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well. We saw the interactions between them and there were lessons that are useful to understand today coming from that discussion…. Read More ›
Struggling with Addictions
Opium poppies (Photo credit Wikipedia) Have you ever had an addiction? Maybe you find yourself struggling with one even now. For those who have never been addicted to something, they cannot possibly begin to understand what it is like. An… Read More ›
“For We Were Slaves”
I have reposted this entire article as it is rather short. This was written by Deb over at Deb’s Blog. Great poem, hope you enjoy it! You can see the original post here. While you are there, why not check… Read More ›
“You Have a Spiritual Problem”
There is a great deal of rather ignorant talk from some Christians about mental illness. I think everyone has at least heard of, if not actually experienced, Christians who believe that mental ill-health is a spiritual problem rather than a… Read More ›
Radically Christian
“And before we destroy children’s love and belief in world-saving mission, before they get cynical and become like us, they even think about their future vocation in terms of mission, don’t you see that? They never just say …’I’m probably… Read More ›
The Woman at the Well – Part 1
(John 4:1-30) There are several lessons that we learn from this discussion between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. So much so that I have decided to split this post into two parts rather than cover it in… Read More ›
Do you serve Christ: or expect Him to serve you?
I was listening to a podcast on Solomons Porch Radio recently. This was a very good interview with Peter Guirguis, (Not Ashamed of the Gospel) on what he does in his ministry that is focused on Internet evangelism. One of… Read More ›
Breaking Free of The Lies – Finding True Identity – Part Two
Choose NOW to not allow what you were called in the past to hold you back from all you could be in the future… Breaking free may be easier to some and much harder for others…but the key is to START… Read More ›
Breaking Free of The Lies – Finding True Identity – Part One
I remember distinctly years ago as a teenager and college student of being called a “goody-two shoes”. Perhaps not the worst label to have, but it didn’t exactly give me a warm, gushy feeling inside knowing that I was considered… Read More ›
Putting out the Fire in my Mouth
James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell…. Read More ›
Church Religion STINKS!
I am currently 53% into reading the Bible in a year. I love reading Gods word, soaking up the history and the stories of great men and women of faith! Not that it has been easy to read it every… Read More ›
The Right Place
This past week I have been busy doing what I call a “moving drill.” No, we don’t actually move but we clean out like we would if we were moving. Growing up in a minister’s home who moved every four to… Read More ›
Join The Twitter Online Prayer Team
I have posted the entire article here as it is very short. You may see the original post here. Written by John over at Worship The Lord Jesus Join The Twitter Online Prayer Team And it couldn’t be simpler! Do you… Read More ›
Learning from Jacob’s Art
The business of the creator is not to escape from his material medium or to bully it, but to serve it; but to serve it he must love it. Dorothy Sayers, The Mind of the Maker Anyone who has ever… Read More ›
Psalm 23-A Story of Grace
Below is the 23rd Psalm. I believe much of this Psalm is a prophetic statement of the body of Christ, in the hands of a Loving God, a story of redemption in grace in Christ Jesus. I have broken… Read More ›
Hinduism: We Are All Divine
Western thought began in ancient Greece where men like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle saw that the universe had a plan and purpose. Eastern thinking says everything is temporary, changing, unreal, ephemeral and our perceptions of the world are misleading and… Read More ›
Of God and men
(Photo Credit: Wikipedia) Man designed the space shuttle, and it flew into space and serviced the space station and then landed back on earth like a huge airplane. I have to say that is a rather impressive feat. God designed… Read More ›
Hmmm… Will You Tell?
Hmmmm…wise words from the Hmmm collection!! GregGreg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day… Read More ›
New World Order – Part 4 – Is The Lord Pleased
The word of God has much to say about the concept of a New World Order (NWO)…. We will be studying the NWO and it’s Biblical implications in a four part series… Part #1 – The NWO – What is it?… Read More ›