Davidic Grit

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.” -Ps. 51.1 The man who comes to the truest consciousness of his own depravity will be the one to cry out from the deepest place for a total cleansing from God. David the...

Habitual Sin & Holy Ostracism

By Jerry Bolton Recently on Facebook, I posted a video of Dr. John Piper responding to the question “How should Christian friends respond to a friend who has entered a homosexual relationship and moved to a church that accepts it?”. During the discussion that followed, I realized there’s...

Conviction, Preference, or Opinion?

Finally, a new episode is up!  It’s been a crazy summer–or winter here in Peru! We have S.J. Hill today talking about Romans 14 and First Corinthians 9–not judging one another over personal preferences in our walks with God, AND giving up things when we know we’re a stumbling ...

All Consuming Fire

“Butwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in...

Picture of a Prophet

By Leonard Ravenhill The prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men. Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, “No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected.” The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his...

The Consciousness of Holy War

“The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is His name.” -Ex. 15.3 The Lord is a warrior, there is an enemy, and we are in the midst of a holy war. Do we have a consciousness of this? For ancient Israel, the wars that they fought were literally seen as acts of worship unto God. Their faith did not just...

Captain of the Wilderness

The voices beckon from every direction, Calling, asking, tugging, pulling, Moving the soul to voluminous reflections, Blurring, clouding, jerking, lulling. All the world’s claims ring out in the night, Gripping the mind, contortions and strife, Boasting in frivolity, “There is no...

Believe That You Have Received

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24 ESV) Every so often, I get told by individuals that they perceive me to be a “faith teacher” in a derogatory way as if studying about, living this out, and...

Changing the Culture Through the Apostolic by Greg Tankersley

Apostolic definably seems to be a subject of consideration and criticism as of late in the Body of Christ. In some Christian circles it is rejected, thought  to have “died out” with the last of the 12 apostles, and in other circles the apostle is the metonym motivational speaker and therefore...

Beholding the “Coin” of Israel

“Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it. …. For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will...