2020 is one year that I have looked forward to seeing in hindsight. It has been a year like none other we have experienced. Yet now, as I look back over the trials, I’m still impressed with how the Lord prepared the way in spite of surprises. One thing I have learned is not to […]
A Legacy of Blessings One of the more remarkable events signaling Devine favor on the Pilgrims occurred near the end of their first winter in the new land. A native by the name of Samoset came walking boldly into their town and called out “Welcome” to them in perfect English. After the Pilgrims regained some […]
Four hundred years ago today the Pilgrims arrived in North America. They came together to form a new civil government under God with a document, known as the Mayflower Compact. This was the first civil governing document written in America and the New World. It placed the civil government on a firm Christian foundation with […]
On February 1, 2020, in my closing message of our conference, I told the story of going to lunch with Rick Joyner years ago. We went to a restaurant of his choosing after church but there was a long wait so we turned around to leave. Just then Robin McMillan came out of the building […]
There’s a place in northern Israel where the Canaanites worshiped the god Baal (Judges 3:3). King Jeroboam of the northern kingdom of Israel set up an altar to Baal nearby. In time this whole region was known for pagan worship and Baal worship. Years later when the Greeks conquered the region they renamed the city […]
In a recent discussion between church leaders I had an interesting thought after one of the men suggested that Christian leaders should not be involved in things that seem “political.” I had the thought, “What if we never spoke about political things, or religious things, again?” What I suggest is not to limit speech and […]
Righteous Judgment There is a much promoted misrepresentation from the teachings of Jesus that He taught we should never judge. This is an incongruous teaching. He did, in fact, teach His followers that they should be able to judge properly without being judgmental. He instructed them to first get the log out of their own […]
Diotrephes – the spirit that requires preeminence. Part 3 “Diotrephes and the Nicolaitan” Continuing to look at the spirit of Diotrephes, we know that this name means blessed by Jupiter, we now know the connection to the church in Pergamos in Revelation chapter 2. We know that Jesus spoke to them stating that He knew […]
Diotrephes – the spirit that requires preeminence. Part 2 “Fellow Workers with The Shepherd” In the first article we began to look at Diotrephes the spirit that requires preeminence and in so doing keeps the church of Jesus Christ from receiving The Shepherd, Jesus. It was the apostle Paul who first warned the elders in […]
Diotrephes – the spirit that requires preeminence. Part 1 “Blessed by Satan” Some time ago while meeting with pastors of various congregations in our city, we were discussing the biblical viewpoint of one church, ecclesia, in a city or region. We see this throughout the New Testament where churches are addressed as “the church in […]