Paradoxically faith, like love, increases the more it’s given away. Rather than waiting for it to reach a peak high enough to communicate to others (as most bel...
What do Pentecost and Proverbs 3:5-6 have to do with each other?
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your wa...
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mer...
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fa...
What's wrong with Peter Scazzero’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality?
Peter Scazzero, and especially his book Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (2006), is very i...
As a pastor, I regularly hear the annoying question: “So, how many people do you have in attendance?” I get so tired of hearing this, because I know the attitud...
Passenger Lands Plane Safely
By ABC News (Winter Haven, Fla., Aug. 7, 2000)
Henry George Anhalt had never flown a plane before Sunday. But when the pilot of...
“You can’t smoke, drink, go to movies, listen to rock and roll, or dance. The Holy Spirit won’t come into a trash can.”
I heard the pastor make this point emph...
Have you ever tried to convince someone they were lying and they genuinely did not believe you? This may be because their definition of lying was reduced to, “...
"Spices for anointing oil."-Exodus 35:8
Much use was made of this anointing oil under the law, and that which it represents is of primary importance under th...
In this episode, Debbie and Josh discuss what as "Practically Christians" we think about evangelism. It would have been a great episode, but Josh apparently for...
Romans 8:9-17
Life in the Spirit (vv. 9-13)
When the subject of the Holy Spirit is broached, we enter an uncomfortable realm for many believers. While the...
