Stop reminding yourself of your failure. Quit repeating things like, “I haven’t done everything right.” Or, “I wish I had not done…” Instead, be grateful that you did not do everything wrong! Stop condemning yourself. Berating yourself is neither healthy nor helpful. Of course you’re not perfect. No, you did not do everything right… but...
Recently, I was contacted about an ongoing move of God throughout southern Missouri. Many different churches are conducting Tent Meetings where people are being drawn and responding to the gospel. A spontaneous revival just broke out in a local church near Asheville. The excitement in that packed auditorium was so profound that the meeting was extended...
At the outset, it must be stated that everything is either God-allowed or God-caused. However, I fear that an extreme emphasis on the sovereignty of God is eliminating personal responsibility from the spiritual equation. I recently listened to an extreme-sovereignty preacher going into detail describing how God “causes” men to commit adultery, whenever He chooses....
Caleb was an outstanding man in his day. When the ten fearful, faithless spies brought back a negative report about the Promised Land, Caleb still brimmed with courage— “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are WELL ABLE to overcome it” (Num....
The resources and efforts invested by Christians to preserve our culture have been immense. In some quarters politics has been more highly esteemed than theology. Through the years some pulpits have been occupied by partisan rants instead of Bible exposition. Someone recently noted that when zeal for conversions begins to wane, the energy is often...
Joshua and Caleb had faith in God – and they entered the Promised Land. It was Jesus Himself who said, “According to your faith be it unto you” (Matt. 9:29). The promises of God concerning Canaan Land, flowing with milk and honey, were to all Israel, but because of unbelief the great mass of the people entered...