There must a deep, underlying sense of frustration with the hope of enlightenment, and ideals which some have embraced, perhaps since they were children. Indeed, the common experience is now permeating society, like dampness in a carpet – uncomfortable to all, like an irritation demanding action. Things aren’t working as their imaginations promised, and it […]
Seeing What Is In The Darkness
One of the major intentions of preaching the gospel is to reveal to humanity the existing concepts of the divine. The gospel gives man the ability to understand and communicate about his life and world and grasp their true meaning. “He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and […]
72 Hours In The Grave?
Advisory for those who state hard questions are not important. Is there a reason to wonder about why 3 days and 3 nights heart of the earth can be fit into Friday-Sunday? (Matt 12:40 – agreeing with the sign of the Prophet Jonas, with specificity recurring in the gospels about 8 times, specifically regarding the […]
We Need A “Then” Again!
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the […]
The Blinding Pride of Church Growth
The time cometh and now is, when one, and only one, sin is recognized and defined from many pulpits: the failure to win souls. The blinding pride of church growth is the besetting sin of this generation. Perceived a hindrance, preaching outward holiness and separation ceases; closely followed by rejecting the new birth message. It’s […]
The Root Of The Matter
There is something amazing about Chinese bamboo and the way it grows. Once you plant it, you need to water it, nurture it, and fertilize it every day. But nothing happens the first year. You do the same thing the next year, and still nothing happens. That’s right, you see no results for 4 long […]
WHAT DOES DELIVERANCE LOOK LIKE?
EXODUS 14: 15-31 WHAT DOES DELIVERANCE LOOK LIKE? I. DELIVERANCE SOMETIMES MEANS GOING THE LONG WAY A. God chooses the long way; 1. Exodus 13: 17 – 18: When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, If […]
Jesus – Jehovah Saviour! “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God […]
The Control Freak Who Lost Control
Matthew 2:1-12 Jesus Christ—God manifest in the flesh—the Babe of Bethlehem’s manger. King Herod, the King of Judea, the Great Herod, had no clue as to Who this male infant really was. However, Herod felt threatened by this infant. Matthew says that when Herod heard about the Baby from the Wise Men, he was greatly […]
PRE… WHAT? Destination or Knowledge?
The Jews used their own limited understanding as they tried to reason among themselves how it was possible that Jesus could read—“having never learned” letters. This episode was, of course, stated in John 7:12-15, “And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; […]