“WIDE AWAKE” in a SLEEPY WORLD

“Hypersomnia” is the opposite of insomnia. It is a sleep disorder where a person can sleep for eleven hours, or more. Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness, long unrefreshing naps, and brain fog. On the spiritual level, how on earth can a believer escape the pervasive drowsiness, and incredible dullness within the prevailing religious culture? With...

SNAKE OIL SALESMEN

The Tragedy of Duplicity Back in the early days of our nation there rose a host of well-dressed charlatans who peddled “magic elixirs” and attributed miraculous healing power to their products. These swindlers became known as “snake oil salesmen.” In reality, they were nothing more than Con Artists, fakes, frauds, and pretenders. Their whole enterprise...

COMPLACENCY BRINGS CAPTIVITY

Today’s COMPLACENCY brings tomorrow’s CAPTIVITY. Since toleration invites bondage, we must refuse to compromise with sin. “Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years” (Judges 6:1). Because they practiced evil, Israel was plundered by the marauding Midianites for seven long years. “And Israel...

CONSISTENCY

“The only thing about my life that is consistent are my inconsistencies.” This statement was spoken prior to a Zoom prayer meeting with a group of men. When beliefs and behaviors contradict one another; it indicates disorder. If that is true, then spiritual schizophrenia must be rampant. When one’s “talk” and one’s “walk” oppose one...

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