The Ball Is In Your Court

One day a man came to Jesus to receive healing for his son who was tormented with a demonic spirit.  This man had already gone to Jesus’ disciples to get prayer, but there were no results.  Let’s read the story found in Mark 9:17-23.  “Then one of the crowd answered and said, ‘Teacher, I brought [...]

The Gos-pill for Depression

Romans 15:13 says, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
The word “hope” that is found in the New Testament of the Bible comes from a Greek word that means “joyful, confident expectation.” To [...]

The Source of Unhappiness

Proverbs 13:12 in the New King James version of the Bible says “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” I love the Message Bible’s version of this scripture. It says “unrelenting disappointment makes you heartsick.” We have all had them. Things that we thought would [...]

Build an Ark!

Our family loves to get together on Sunday evenings and watch the popular television show “Extreme Home Makeover.” There’s no greater thing than to see love in action and people’s lives being changed by kindness.
Over the holiday season we also got together and watched the movie “Evan Almighty.” In the movie God speaks to a [...]

Church:Why Bother?

A couple of years ago our church began to work with a ministry that came in and helped us to strengthen our leadership and clearly define our mission and core values.  This ministry was headed up by a passionate minister of the gospel named Larry Easton.  Larry and I had many discussions about what church [...]

God Is In Control?

God Is In Control?
 
I’ve heard it as long as I can remember.  “God is in control!”  The phrase is usually used when one has come to the end of their understanding and they just can’t figure things out.  Sometimes it is used in a good way, like when someone is genuinely putting their faith in [...]

Get Established in Healing!

 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand (James 5:8 NKJV). 
The subject of healing in the Bible is one that many have quarreled over for centuries.  It’s always amazed me how people will fight and argue to stay sick.  Many of the questions and arguments have arisen [...]

Who Robbed God?

According to a survey done by the Barna Research group, only about eight percent of born again Christians are tithers.  If true, and other studies reveal the same thing, then less than ten percent of Christians are financing the impact that the church is having on the world today.  The tithe, which literally means a [...]

There’s More!

Enoch lived thousands of years ago during a time when the knowledge of God was very limited.  There were no churches, no bibles, no radios or other forms of media that we are blessed with today.  No one is his day was born again because Jesus had yet to be raised from the dead, yet [...]

Holy GPS!

I recently bought my wife, Lisa, a GPS device for her car. We hooked it up, typed in the destination of our first trip, and off we went. Amazing! It began to direct each turn we needed to make. “In 200 yards, turn left … Exit left, and then turn right.”
A few times we needed [...]