On The Way To The Mountain
I know it’s a simple thing but, growing up in South Africa, one of my chores when I got home from school each day was to prepare the vegetables my Mom was going to cook for dinner that night. If…
Steeled To Do Wrong
I was fortunate enough to have been raised in a home with equal parts love, affirmation and discipline. That didn’t stop me from being a willful child. But I did learn that any determination I had for doing the wrong…
The Day After My Smart Phone Was Stolen In Liberia
The Day After My Smart Phone Was Stolen In Liberia // Guest Blogger // Rickie Moore The day after my smart phone was stolen during my mission trip to Liberia, David Kaimue, the Educational Director of the Church of…
It Only Takes One
One who will hear the call. One who will acknowledge the devastation caused in the Church by turning away from the Lord. One who will take it to heart. One who will act. There is no indication in Scripture what…
It Doesn’t Take All That
I have been on both sides of this issue. On one side, the argument is against loud, impassioned prayers. I’ve heard it argued, “God isn’t hard of hearing. You don’t have to be so loud. If prayer is a conversation,…
Don’t Be Left Out
Luke 3 & 4 is the launch of Jesus’ earthly ministry. He was thirty years old (Luke 3:23). He was baptized in water by John, affirmed by the Father, and filled with the Spirit (Luke 3:21-22). He was full of…
He Has No Hold Over Me
Satan is a created being (Isaiah 14/Ezekiel 28). He does not have unilateral power or authority over any of God’s creation. The most he was able to do was tempt the Lord, and then orchestrate but not control the events…
If… Is A Big Word
It’s only two letters of the alphabet. How much difference can two letters make? They are the two most neglected letters in contemporary Christianity. If we see them together in the Bible, we either don’t see them, or we slide…
Waves Out, Waves In
There are some people who recoil from the idea of a needed revival because they don’t like admitting that the church is in trouble. I happen to think they are in denial. But they say... ...pointing out the problems in…
Stay or Go
I am currently being inspired by the accounts of ministers from the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) re: revival and, specifically, the condition of the church immediately right before the Kilsyth revival of 1839. It’s like I am reading the condition…