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The House of Faith
Some things are remarkable simply because they happened at all! Take the preaching of John Wesley, for example. I like to read some of John Wesley’s sermons, but I must confess that I have to…
God’s Going to Get It Done In You!
Philippi was another one of those cities set right in the middle of the way where roads met coming through the mountain pass from the east and west. It was a great place for business,…
Persistent Prayer
Let’s face it. Some prayer goals challenge our faith. Some seem impossible. Only a few are easy. But the hardest of all to pray is the persistent prayer. It is this prayer upon which Paul…
Empowered by the Holy Spirit: The Peter Principle
In the second chapter of Acts, there is a most amazing story. What is amazing is that under circumstances that would have caused him to run and hide just a few days before, a man…
God Is Talking. Are You Listening?
Some people take to prayer like ducks to water. Others struggle trying to figure out how to pray, to say nothing of the panic of being asked to pray out loud. The easiest place to…
When Rebellion Turns To Obedience
Some things are just naturally satisfying. Some things set sweetly in the stomach. Nothing sets better in the stomach of a self-righteous person as to see the sinner stomped on and squashed out under God’s…
I Have Two Fathers
I have two fathers. One is known by his poems. The other is known by His Names. To my earthly father, the writer of poems, was entrusted two wee babies to raise and guide and…
Unity In Prayer
In 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Paul reminds us that the Body of Christ is made up of all kinds of people. Thank God we are all different! A toe has an entirely different view of things…
When the Prayer of Agreement Turns into a Prayer of Disagreement
We are all different: Praise the Lord How boring it would be if we were duplicates, cookie-cutter versions of each other—always thinking the same thoughts, liking the same things, never disagreeing. Thank God we are…
Who is the Liar? You or God?
“God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” (Numbers 23:19…
How To Develop the Abraham Kind of Faith
Our oldest daughter, Debbie, was just learning to drive in March of 1983. Helen, Debbie, and Michelle were in the car. Debbie was driving. As they traveled east on the blacktop, a car passed, and…
The Lord of Life’s Storms
A storm at sea can be fascinating provided it doesn’t last long, and provided you are safe in a ship large enough to ride the storm in ease. I was in such a storm in…