In the early 1960s some well-preserved black and white photographs as well as a few rare “Super-8” millimeter movies show YWAMers with white shirts, skinny ties and winged-tipped shoes witnessing door-to-door alongside their female counterparts who were sporting long dresses and beehive hairdos (think “Hairspray”!) which bring to mind some classic “Leave It To Beaver” …
Looking around the world today you can see many types of churches, or what we might call Christian “tribes”. “Seeker” churches, “Bible” churches, simple churches, “emerging” churches (not to be confused with “Emergent” churches), innovative churches, mega churches, liturgical churches, neo-Calvinist churches, and then there are those of us in the “back to the Bible” …
“So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there” ( Acts 17:17). Paul the apostle in his evangelistic endeavors seems to be on the one hand very strategic, intentional, and thoughtful with regards …
“If the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?” (1 Cor. 14:8) Cliché: (n.)- a phrase, opinion or trite stereotyped expression that is over used and betrays a lack of original thought. If Loren and Darlene Cunningham were ever asked to give a soundbite reason for the success …
Recently I was listening to a catchy worship tune on the radio from the 90s by the Scott Underwood. A section of the song said: And I won’t be afraid Because You are in control Lord, You are in control My mind then began to wander back to another song from the 80s …
I recently saw a Facebook post from a young man who spoke of passionately pursuing the Presence of God. While such a pursuit is not only admirable, but crucial to the growing Christian, it was how he was going about it that troubled me. He spoke of “bypassing his mind” in order to “live out …
“Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of His servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God” (Isa. 50:10). Joe came to me one day looking very discouraged. He explained to me that he thought he …
“Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live forever, and this must be true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only 70 years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going …