“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25 (NIV) There was a time when those who believed in Christ were free to say and do whatever they felt was right and good publicly, without fear of oppression and ridicule. Those days appear ...
Read More »Should Women be Ordained Pastors?
Have you ever stopped to notice that there are no ordained woman preachers in the Bible? Have you ever wondered why the twelve disciples were all males? “Do you believe women should be ordained pastors?” James Brown sings that “it’s a man’s world.” Many will strongly disagree with his claim, ...
Read More »Are You Believing a Lie? Do You Want to Know the Truth?
“If what you believe to be true is not, would you want to know?” A friend posted this as her Facebook status after our pastor posed the question in church. Here were a handful of the responses: “It depends on what it was.” “Yes, I’d want to know.” “Probably not.” ...
Read More »Go and Tell the World: Baptizing Them in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Jesus under the anointing of the Holy Spirit commanded the disciples in His generation and in subsequent generations to travel into all the world and make disciples in His kingdom. The Lord has not left us alone to accomplish this supernatural endeavor. He knew beforehand that we would face principalities ...
Read More »He Knows Your Name
On June 25, the body of a four-year-old girl was found on the shore of Deer Island in Massachusetts. A woman was walking her dog along the beach, when she spotted a trash bag, which—to her horror—contained the remains of a little girl. “Baby Doe,” as she has been dubbed ...
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