A Voice in the Wilderness
A Tragic Death – A Need to Press On
One of the young men I knew was brutally murdered a month ago. He left his apartment one block from The Harvest Center to run an errand. Some youth were sitting on the hood of his car. He politely asked them to get off, informing them he had to go somewhere. Spewing profanity, one said, “I’ll get off when I feel like it.” After trying several more times for over ten minutes, the young man slowly pulled his car out of the parking space until they jumped off his car … Senseless death and violence.
Read MoreThe Call to Effective Outreach in Cities
The gospel, if allowed by the church, will powerfully affect our lives. IF allowed. IF our faith is not considered a sub-culture, but a counter-culture. IF our faith possesses a radical commitment of all that we are to all that He is in every part of our lives. IF allowed, the gospel will permeate every part of the human being to the very core – as the Word says, the marrow (Hebrews 4:12) – of our being, and thus to the very core of our homes, our churches, our families, our city and our culture.
Read MoreClimbing the mountain
Many times in this journey my feet hurt. My knees were bruised and bleeding. I was parched, exhausted and weary at the thought of one more tomorrow. I could not quit, because God had called me to climb this mountain. It was His mandate. Somehow I knew that if I ceased to climb this mountain, I would miss the glimpse of His glory that I have been striving so long for.
Read MoreThe power of one to change the world
As we watch history change before our eyes in the Middle East with governments teetering and people willing to lay down their lives for freedom, we must remember this very important thing:
Somewhere, whether in a room or a coffee house or a university classroom, one person spoke up and said, “Enough! We must fight for change now!” Because that one person dared to speak, others followed, and two governments have already fallen.
Is this not what Christ is calling us to do in these last days? Will we stand up – even if we feel we are alone – and say, “Enough! We must fight for change now! People are in darkness across this world! People still have not heard the truth! I will no longer be silent, nor will I be stationary!”
Read MoreIn pursuit of true faith
“The Bible is clear in telling us that God did not send Jesus to die so that we might be comfortable and complacent, but so that we might die to self, pick up our cross, and follow the way of the Master.”
Read MoreToward a New Revolution
Our Messiah and King did not call us to this kind of living! He called us to repudiate conformity, self-centeredness, compromise, pride, title, popularity, self-reliance, and all things that prevent us from being mirrors of Christ. He called us to a revolution of purity, holiness, and radical faith that is needed as much today as ever before in our history.
Read MoreWe Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
A guiding and persistent truth to our forefathers was that all men are created by their Creator, Jehovah God. This truth and the resulting tenets of our faith guided them in their pursuit of freedom and personal liberty for a new nation. Of course, this was before the world was enlightened that we came from apes, and before that, some form of amphibians that no longer exist … and before that, an accident in space.
Read MoreOn humble mission with GOD
One of the greatest lessons that we can learn is that we are on mission WITH GOD. When we get to wherever we are going, HE is already there! He is always working, always moving, always preparing, always sculpting a masterpiece for His glory! God is always about His purposes, moving and working the things…
Read MoreInstructions from the Maker
The Maker looked at the pencil and instructed it on five important things:
1. You will only be useful when you are in held in your Master’s hand.
Read MoreWallbuilders
Nehemiah was a wall builder. He saw his city in ruins with physical and spiritual eyes. He heard the voice of the Lord as He cried out to God. Then he went to the city, sounded the call and led God’s people to rebuild the walls of their city. They accomplished their task, with a…
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