The Upside Down-Why is Bad called Good?

We have heard it said that in the last days the good will be called bad and the bad will be called good. During creation, each day God saw everything that He had created was good. Satan wants to flip over everything upside down. He wants people to call good things “bad” and bad things...

Searching for Elijahs

A common topic discussed  in the Church in recent years is the statement which is quoted from 2 Kings 2:14: “Where is the Lord the God of Elijah?” Elijah had just ascended into heaven via a whirlwind. Elisha had received his mantle which represents the anointing, the power of the Holy Spirit in...

Separating Seeds of Righteousness & Wickedness

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the...

The Blessedness of the Mourning Ones

“Blessed are those who mourn…” -Matt. 5.4a The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most staggering portions of Scripture. Oswald Chambers noted that it was calculated to throw our humanity and self-sufficient religiosity into despair, for there is no soul- however impressive their...

What Ever Happened To Conviction?

One of the greatest marks of a true outpouring is deep conviction of sin. That was a common occurrence in Pensacola during the revival. It was the result of two things: the tangible, felt presence of God, and preaching that searches hearts and promotes holiness. Am I saying that all our messages should focus...

The Chains of Self-Righteousness

Why do you think your friends, peers, classmates, neighbors, whoever, don’t go to church? Don’t be afraid of saying it–I hate the routine of “going to church” too. I’ve heard it’s because there’s too many hypocrites there. I would agree. I’ve had my...

If Healing is Provided For in the Atonement, Then…

Do we have any right to believe everyone who gets saved will automatically get healed when they are saved?  Does God make a distinction between healing the inner man versus healing the outer man? Faith needs to be built up in the hearts of the hearers. Faith can only be had where the will of God is known. ...

No place to hide

In the news at the time of writing this, a girl from Austria who was kidnapped when she was ten years old had escaped from her captor—eight years after going missing. Eight years of being held captive in a dingy underground cellar, where she was used as a slave for the twisted purposes of some 44 year-old...

All It Takes Is One Fly…

At my last temp assignment, in a plastic mold injection factory, I noticed that there’s this material that gets used frequently, consisting of a type of plastic resin that is totally white, with only a few black pellets scattered throughout it. Yet, despite the high volume of white in this material,...

Jesus is our Example

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so...